Author:
Wang Tao,Zhou Chaoxin,Shang Lan,Zhou Xiyuan
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Tuberculosis (TB) has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and its prevention and treatment focus is on impoverished areas. The Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is a typical impoverished area in western China with insufficient medical resources and high HIV positivity. However, there have been few reports of TB and drug resistance in this area.
Methods
We collected the demographic and clinical data of inpatients with sputum smear positive TB between 2015 and 2021 in an infectious disease hospital in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Descriptive analyses were used for the epidemiological data. The chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables between the drug-resistant and drug-susceptible groups, and binary logistic regression was used to analyse meaningful variables.
Results
We included 2263 patients, 79.9% of whom were Yi patients. The proportions of HIV (14.4%) and smoking (37.3%) were higher than previously reported. The incidence of extrapulmonary TB (28.5%) was high, and the infection site was different from that reported previously. When drug resistance gene detection was introduced, the proportion of drug-resistant patients became 10.9%. Patients aged 15–44 years (OR 1.817; 95% CI 1.162–2.840; P < 0.01) and 45–59 years (OR 2.175; 95% CI 1.335–3.543; P < 0.01) had significantly higher incidences of drug resistance than children and the elderly. Patients with a cough of ≥ 2 weeks had a significantly higher chance of drug resistance than those with < 2 weeks or no cough symptoms (OR 2.069; 95% CI 1.234–3.469; P < 0.01). Alcoholism (OR 1.741; 95% CI 1.107–2.736; P < 0.05) and high bacterial counts on sputum acid-fast smears (OR 1.846; 95% CI 1.115–3.058; P < 0.05) were significant in the univariate analysis.
Conclusions
Sputum smear-positive TB predominated in Yi men (15–44 years) with high smoking, alcoholism, and HIV rates. Extrapulmonary TB, especially abdominal TB, prevailed. Recent drug resistance testing revealed higher rates in 15–59 age group and ≥ 2 weeks cough duration. Alcohol abuse and high sputum AFB counts correlated with drug resistance. Strengthen screening and supervision to curb TB transmission and drug-resistant cases in the region.
Funder
Liangshan Science and Technology Bureau
Sichuan Provincial Cadre Health Research Project
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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