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Table 2 Characteristics and drug susceptibility patterns of tuberculous meningitis patients

From: Antituberculosis drug resistance patterns in adults with tuberculous meningitis: results of haydarpasa-iv study

Drug resistance

Age (median, range)

Gender (male) n (%)

Malignity n (%)

DM n (%)

CKD n (%)

IS n (%)

HIV n (%)

Dead n (%)

Fully sensitive (n: 122)

45.9 (17–87)

60 (49.2)

6 (4.9)

22 (18.0)

5 (4.1)

16 (13.1)

2 (1.6)

29 (23.8)

Monoresistance to INH (n: 9)

35.4 (19–89)

1 (11.1)

–

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

3 (33.3)

MDR (n: 5)

37.6 (19–70)

1 (20.0)

–

1 (20.0)

–

1 (20.0)

–

2 (40.0)

Other patterns (n: 6)

43.3 (28–81)

4 (16.7)

–

–

1 (16.7)

–

–

1 (16.7)

Total (n: 142)

44.9 (17–89)

66 (46.5)

6 (4.2)

24 (12.7)

7 (4.9)

18 (16.9)

3 (2.1)

35 (24.6)

  1. MDR multidrug resistance, INH isoniazid, DM diabetes mellitus, CKD chronic kidney disease, IS immunosupression