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PREVALENCE TREATMENT OUTCOME AND DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN FOR MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-II).08      10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-II).08      Published : Jun 2022

Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

    Tuberculosis is a 5000-year-old bacterial disease and the second leading cause of death. The MDR strain of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis has exacerbated TB's medication resistance in Pakistan. Our study aims to assess the prevalence, treatment outcome, and medication resistance pattern of MDR TB patients in Dere Ismail Khan Mufti Mehmood Hospital's PMDT Unit. From 2013 to March 2019, 298 patients were recorded on PMDT. Our investigation found 10% of MDR TB cases. Among 298 MDR TB patients, 62 (20.8%) are being treated, and all are drug-resistant. Our study had 133 (44.6%) successful treatments. 103 (34.5%) treatments fail. To control the high resistance rate, low treatment success rate, and primary transmission of MDR-TB in D.I.Khan Pakistan, we recommended that each MDR patient support socially, improve living standards, and medical security, and evaluate proper treatment, understand risk factors, and improving treatment outcome.

    Multidrug Resistance, Tuberculosis, Prevalence, Drug Susceptibility

    (1) Faisal Younis
    Physician /Coordinator, Mufti Mehmood Memorial Teaching Hospital, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Nadeem
    Regional Blood Centre, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sajad Ahmad
    Regional Blood Centre, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (4) Husnian Hashim
    Consultant Neurologist and Head of Neurology Department, Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (5) Raheela Bano
    Assistant Professor Department of Pathology Gomal medical college, , Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Younis, F., Nadeem, M., & Ahmad, S. (2022). Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII(II), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-II).08

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Younis, Faisal, Muhammad Nadeem, and Sajad Ahmad. 2022. "Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII (II): 59-67 doi: 10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-II).08

HARVARD

    HARVARD : YOUNIS, F., NADEEM, M. & AHMAD, S. 2022. Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII, 59-67.

MHRA

    MHRA : Younis, Faisal, Muhammad Nadeem, and Sajad Ahmad. 2022. "Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII: 59-67

MLA

    MLA : Younis, Faisal, Muhammad Nadeem, and Sajad Ahmad. "Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII.II (2022): 59-67 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Younis, Faisal, Nadeem, Muhammad, and Ahmad, Sajad (2022), "Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan", Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII (II), 59-67

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Younis, Faisal, Muhammad Nadeem, and Sajad Ahmad. "Prevalence, Treatment, Outcome, and Drug Susceptibility Pattern for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in the Southern Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Drug Design & Development Review VII, no. II (2022): 59-67. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-II).08