Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Letter
Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, India
Table
Resistance pattern of XDR TB isolates*
Strain no. | Resistant to first-line drugs | Resistant to second-line drugs |
---|---|---|
RM 55 | S, H, R, E | K, O, CAP, CLA, PAS, ETH |
RM 490 | S, H, R, E | K, O, CAP, CLA, PAS, ETH |
RM 552 | S, H, R, E | K, O, CAP, CLA, PAS, ETH |
RM 585† | S, H, R, E | K, O, CLA, PAS, ETH |
RM 789 | S, H, R, E | K, O, CAP, CLA, PAS, ETH |
*n = 5; XDR TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; S, streptomycin; H, isoniazid; R, rifampin; E, ethambutol; K, kanamycin; O, ofloxacin; CAP, capreomycin; CLA, clarithromycin; PAS, p– amino salicylic acid; ETH, ethionamide.
†Sensitive to capreomycin.