Rates of drug resistance TB are increasing in the world as well as in Viet Nam. Treatment outcomes will be affected by TB drug resistance, specially increasing rate of failure. The study was conducted in Hanoi and Da Nang cities with 105 TB relapsed patients. Among them, 76.2% relapsed during the first two years. The most common symptom for relapse cases was prolonged cough, 98.1%. 80% of the patients had at least two slides positive when they got relapse diagnosis. The most common location of chest x-ray findings was in both sites (64%), 70.4% of patients were resistant to at least one TB drug. Rate of MDR was 18.5%.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Diagnosis ; Drug Resistance

Rates of drug resistance TB are increasing in the world as well as in Vietnam. TB drug resistance, specially increasing rate of failure, will affect treatment outcomes. The study was conducted in Hanoi and Da Nang cites with 105 TB relapsed during the first two years. The most common symptoms for relapse cases was prolonged cough, accounted for 98.1%. 80% of the patients had at least two slides positive when they got relapse diagnosis. The most common location of chest x-ray findings was in both sites (64%). 70.4% of the patients were resistant to at least one TB drug. Rate of MDR was 18.5%.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Drug Resistance