DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i07.027

Pages: 1785-1788

This is an observational prospective study, which included 200 microbiologically confirmed cases of tuberculosis (TB) which came to outpatient department or got admitted in the wards. Clinico-diagnostic profile of these cases was determined. The collected data were documented, compiled, tabulated and statistically analysed to reach a valid conclusion. Out of 200 microbiologically confirmed cases of TB, 25% of the cases were in the age group of 21-30 years, 147 (73.5%) were drug susceptible (DS) and 53 (26.5%) were drug resistant (DR). Amongst DR-TB cases, 21 (18.7%) were new and 32 (36.4%) were previously treated cases. Rifampicin mono-resistance was higher in both new (47.6%) and previously treated (37.5%) drug resistance cases. The majority of the patients with DR-TB had previous history of ATT i.e., (p value <0.5). Risk factors associated with DR-TB are female gender and previous history of Anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) (p value <.05).