PMID: 2508582Jun 1, 1989Paper

Initial resistance to streptomycin, isoniazid, thiacetazone, rifampicin and ethambutol in bacilliferous tuberculosis in Maniema, Zaire

Annales De La Société Belge De Médecine Tropicale
P De CaluweM wa Tshalumba

Abstract

Initial resistance to streptomycin, isoniazid, thiacetazone, rifampicin and ethambutol was tested in 102 patients with bacilliferous tuberculosis in Kalima, a rural area in eastern Zaïre. The initial resistance for at least one of these tuberculostatics was 43%. The highest resistance recorded was for streptomycin (31%). No resistance to rifampicin or ethambutol was found. The practical interest of these findings is discussed.

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