Publication: Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the central chest institute of Thailand
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2015-10-07
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19326203
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PLoS ONE. Vol.10, No.10 (2015)
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Charoen Chuchottaworn, Vipa Thanachartwet, Piamlarp Sangsayunh, Thu Zar Myint Than, Duangjai Sahassananda, Manoon Surabotsophon, Varunee Desakorn Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the central chest institute of Thailand. PLoS ONE. Vol.10, No.10 (2015). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139986 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/35086
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Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the central chest institute of Thailand
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© 2015 Chuchottaworn et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. There are limited data available on the risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Therefore, we here conducted a retrospective matched case-control study among adults with pulmonary TB who received treatment at the Central Chest Institute of Thailand (CCIT) between January 2007 and December 2013, in order to determine the risk factors associated with MDR-TB among patients with pulmonary TB. We identified 145 patients with pulmonary MDR-TB (cases) and 145 patients with drug-sensitive pulmonary TB (controls). Multivariate analysis identified the independent risk factors for MDR-TB as follows: (1) ≥ 2 episodes of prior pulmonary TB (odds ratio [OR] 39.72, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 7.86-200.66), (2) duration of illness > 60 days (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.52 -6.22), (3) sputum acid fast bacilli smear 3+ (OR 13.09, 95% CI 4.64-36.91), (4) presence of lung cavities (OR 3.82, 95% CI 1.89-7.73), and (5) presence of pleural effusion (OR 2.75, 95% CI 1.06-7.16). Prior pulmonary TB management with a non-category I regimen (P = 0.012) and having treatment failure or default as treatment outcomes (P = 0.036) were observed in a higher proportion among patients with MDR-TB. Particular characteristics of lung cavities, including the maximum diameter ≥ 30 mm (P < 0.001), the number of cavities ≥ 3 (P = 0.001), bilateral involvement (P < 0.001), and ≥ 2 lung zones involved (P = 0.001) were more commonly observed in patients with MDR-TB. In conclusion, these clinical factors and chest radiographic findings associated with MDR-TB among patients with pulmonary TB may help physicians to provide proper management of cases for prevention of the development and spread of MDR-TB in future.