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.

ZonePresumptive MDR-TB casesSputum smear positive for AFBTB culture-positive casesIsoniazid-only resistant casesRifampicin mono-resistant casesMDR-TB cases
No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)

Mekelle13 (6.5)2 (15.4)4 (30.8)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Northwest31 (15.5)10 (32.3)11 (35.5)0 (0.0)2 (6.5)6 (19.4)
Southern31 (15.5)13 (41.9)16 (51.6)2 (6.5)1 (3.2)7 (22.6)
Southeast30 (15.0)7 (23.3)12 (40.0)2 (6.7)3 (10.0)4 (13.3)
Central36 (18.0)5 (13.9)8 (22.2)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5 (13.9)
Western29 (14.5)8 (27.6)12 (41.4)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)9 (31.0)
Eastern30 (15.0)8 (26.7)11 (36.7)1 (3.3)1 (3.3)6 (20.0)
Total200 (100.0)53 (26.5)74 (37.0)5 (2.5)7 (3.5)37 (18.5)