Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among Presumptive MDR-TB Patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Table 2
The distribution of mono- and multidrug-resistant TB cases in Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia.
| Zone | Presumptive MDR-TB cases | Sputum smear positive for AFB | TB culture-positive cases | Isoniazid-only resistant cases | Rifampicin mono-resistant cases | MDR-TB cases | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| Mekelle | 13 (6.5) | 2 (15.4) | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Northwest | 31 (15.5) | 10 (32.3) | 11 (35.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.5) | 6 (19.4) | Southern | 31 (15.5) | 13 (41.9) | 16 (51.6) | 2 (6.5) | 1 (3.2) | 7 (22.6) | Southeast | 30 (15.0) | 7 (23.3) | 12 (40.0) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (10.0) | 4 (13.3) | Central | 36 (18.0) | 5 (13.9) | 8 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (13.9) | Western | 29 (14.5) | 8 (27.6) | 12 (41.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (31.0) | Eastern | 30 (15.0) | 8 (26.7) | 11 (36.7) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 6 (20.0) | Total | 200 (100.0) | 53 (26.5) | 74 (37.0) | 5 (2.5) | 7 (3.5) | 37 (18.5) |
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