title: [The current epidemiologic profile of the drug resistance of Koch's bacillus to antitubercular antibiotic chemicals].
abstract: The study was conducted on patients with initially diagnosed tuberculosis encountered in 1986-87. A series of 269 bacterial antibiograms performed on sputum [correction of excreate] and other materials was examined in order to ascertain the resistance of Koch's bacillus to R/AMP, INH, SM and EMB. Primary drug resistance was found in 64 cases (23.79% of the total) and was isolated in 32 (11.89%), multiple in the rest. The response to the individual antibiotics was a follows resistance to INH was isolated in 11 cases (4.08%), combined with resistance to other drugs in 27 (10.03%); resistance to SM was isolated in 13 cases (4.81%) multiple in 24 (8.92%); resistance to R/AMP was isolated in 4 cases (1.48%), multiple in 14 (5.2%); resistance to EMB was isolated in 4 (1.48%) multiple in 19 (7.06%). Comparison with earlier studies in the Turin area highlights that the incidence of TB, in decline up to 1979, significantly increased in the period considered.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Pneumologico S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Torino.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giove
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Giorgis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardizzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barberis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliaro
mesh_terms: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular
vernacular_title: Attuale profilo epidemiologico della farmacoresistenza del bacillo di Koch ai chemioantibiotici antitubercolari.