Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
- Volume 50 Issue 6
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- Pages.686-692
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- 2001
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- 1738-3536(pISSN)
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- 2005-6184(eISSN)
The Analysis of Risk Factors of Treatment Failure in MDR-TB
다제내성 폐결핵 치료실패의 위험인자 분석
- Kim, Hyoung-Soo (National Mokpo Tuberculosis Hospital) ;
- Choi, Kwang-Min (Department of thoracic & cardiovascular surgery, Hallym University, College of Medicine)
- Published : 2001.06.30
Abstract
Background : Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis(MDR-TB) are caused by the low rate of treatment response due to limitation in number of available drugs and high rates of adverse drug side-effects. This study analysed the risk factors for MDR-TB patients, who did not respond to treatment, with an aim to improve the rate of treatment response. Methods : Retrospective study of 111 MDR-TB patients at National Mokpo Tuberculosis Hospital from Jan. 1996 to Dec. 1998 was made. The patients were separated into two groups ; group I comprised of patients who were treated successfully and group II comprised of those were not treated successfully. In order to analyze the risk factors for treatment failure, differences between the two groups were compared and the confidence limit regarding the results were tested using an independent t-test. chi-square test and a Fisher's exact test. Results : The treatment failure rate of MDR-TB patients was 32% (36 patients), and treatment success rate 68%(75 patients). This study found no significant difference between two groups in terms of age, sex, family history, extent of the disease on the chest X-ray, the number of sensitive drugs in the treatment regimen, and the number of sensitive bactericidal drugs in the treatment regimen (p>0.05). However, a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis, cavitary lesions on the chest X-ray, the number of treatments, the number of resistant drugs and the number of drugs used showed a significant difference(p<0.05). Conclusion : The rate of treatment failure in MDR-TB was increased by a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis, cavitary lesions on the chest X-ray, the number of treatments, the number of resistant drugs and the number of drugs used. For improving the treatment response of MDR-TB, every effort should be made to reduce the drug resistance caused by failure of the first treatment.
배 경 : 다제내성 폐결핵의 발생은 약제선택의 제한성과장기간의 항결핵제의 복용으로 인한 부작용 등으로 인하여 치료 성공율을 감소시킨다. 본 연구는 치료 실패인자들을 알아내어 다제내성 폐결핵의 치료 성공율을 향상시키는데 기초자료로 삼고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1996년 1월부터 1998년 12월까지 입원치료를 시행한 다제내성 폐결핵 환자 111명을 대상으로 하였다. 다제내성 폐결핵 치료의 실패에 관계되는 인자들을 분석하기 위하여 치료에 성공한 군(I군)과 실패한 군(II군)으로 나누어 각 인자들을 독립표본 T-검정,