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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2021, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (4): 347-351.doi: 10.19983/j.issn.2096-8493.20210063

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Analysis of drug resistance characteristics and influencing factors in 159 patients with re-treated pulmonary tuberculosis

LI Yuan-yuan, SU Dong-dong, Aertai ()   

  1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830049, China
  • Received:2021-07-08 Online:2021-12-30 Published:2022-01-06
  • Contact: Aertai E-mail:2864369766@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To analyze independent factors associated with drug resistance in re-treated pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients and evaluate their predictive values. Methods Between January 2019 and December 2020, a total of 159 re-treated PTB patients were divided into drug resistant group (71 cases) and sensitive group (88 cases) according to drug susceptibility test. Demographic data, clinical characteristics, chest computed tomography (CT) characteristics and laboratory test results were collected. Multivariate analysis was performed using binomial logistic regression model to identify independent risk factors associated with drug resistance of re-treated PTB, and their predictive values were evaluated with receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves. Results The total drug resistance rate was 44.7% (71/159). According to univariate analysis results, average duration of disease in the drug resistant group was longer than that in the sensitive group (0.82±0.27 vs 0.29±0.13, t=15.181, P<0.001), proportion of cavitary PTB in the drug-resistant group was greater than that in the sensitive group (71.8% (51/71) vs 54.5% (48/88), χ2=4.997, P=0.025), average cavity count of the drug resistant group was greater than that of the sensitive group (4 (2, 4) vs 2 (1, 4), Z=2.703, P=0.007), average chest CT score for tuberculosis of the drug resistant group was greater than that of the sensitive group (12.61±2.84 vs 11.22±2.79, t=3.098, P=0.002), average C-reactive protein (CRP) level of the drug-resistant group was higher than that of the sensitive group (52.60 (24.67, 80.30) mg/L vs 34.04 (17.43, 58.37) mg/L, Z=2.604, P=0.009), and average white blood cell count of the drug resistant group was higher than that of the sensitive group (8.90 (7.42, 11.18)×10 9/L vs 7.76 (5.71, 10.75)×10 9/L, Z=-2.165, P=0.030). Binary logistic regression analysis showed that CRP was independently associated with drug resistance in re-treated PTB patients after adjusting for duration of disease, proportion of cavitary PTB, cavity count, chest CT score for PTB, white blood cells, age, previous medication irregularity and counts of blood platelets, and its odds ratio (OR) was 1.019 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.006-1.032, P=0.011). The area under curve (AUC) of CRP in predicting drug-resistance was 0.631 (standard error: 0.048, P=0.009), and the best cutoff was 49.01mg/L with the sensitivity of 57.6% and specificity of 69.3%. Conclusion CRP was independently associated with drug-resistance in re-treated PTB patients, which had the potential for predicting drug-resistance of re-treated PTB.

Key words: Tuberculosis,multidrug-resistant, C-reactive protein, Factor analysis, statistical