DETECTION OF THE RESISTANCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS FROM SPECIMENS WITH TB PATIENTS IN SEMARANG BALKESMAS

Abstract

Detection of the occurrence of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens of tuberculosis patients in BALKESMAS Semarang, using a non-experimental cross-sectional design with a non-intervention approach survey method, sputum samples of TB patients who did not convert during treatment Percentage of culture results from Nine patients was 33.3%, test DST from sensitive first-line OAT samples, morphological and size changes (1.82 - 1.87 µm), showed that first-line drugs were still effective for treatment in patients who took part in this study.