The impact of migrant tuberculosis on the chimioresistance pattern of antituberculosis drugs in a low burden tuberculosis european country

Abstract

The issue of drug resistance (DR) among patients with tuberculosis (TB) has occurred since the introduction of streptomycin and becomes a priority for TB control programs worldwide. Based on Portugal National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (SVIG-TB) and regional drug sensitivity testing (DST) database, a 10 year-epidemiological survey described retrospectively the impact of DR phenomenon on TB trend in Algarve, Portugal, from 01 January 2004 to 31 December 2014. Study sample included 106 patients with male (78%) and youth predominance. The most important risk factor for DR-TB consisted in immigration (31.13%).