Report on the sensitivity tests of the pulmonary tuberculosis patient treated with anti-tuberculous drags

Kim, Ki Ho; Yoo, Ok Hi

doi:1958.0.5.46

Tuberc Respir Dis > Issue 5; 1958 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1958;5:46-49.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1958.5.1.46 Published online December 1, 1958.

Report on the sensitivity tests of the pulmonary tuberculosis patient treated with anti-tuberculous drags

Ki Ho Kim, Ok Hi Yoo

Department of Thoracic Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

폐결핵치료와 내성검사성적

김기호, 유옥희

Abstract

1) The sputum of 50 pulmonary T. B. patients, treated by the various combination of Anti-TB drugs or a long-term , was examined by the sensitivity test at stated periods in order to find the emerging rate of the resistant Tubercle bacilli. 2) 17% were resistant to 5mcg/ cc INH, at 6 months-treatment, and 100% where treatment was carried out for more than one year. 20% were resistant to10mcg/cc of culture at 6 months, but thereafter, no significant increase of the rate was noticed. The resistance rate to 10mcg/cc SM was notably increased following treatment fot one year. The rates shown in this study are quite similar to those reported by others in Korea and foreign countries. 3) lt was felt that accurate information concerning the duration of treatment and the administered dosage prior to a sensitivity test plays an important role in interpreting the results of sensitivity tests.