Drug Resistance Pattern in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Coming to Pulmonology Ward BVH Bahawalpur

Aim: To determine the frequency of drug resistance pattern of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) among pulmonary tuberculosis patients coming to Pulmonology Department BVH Bahawalpur. Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Department of pulmonology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from October 2015 to April 2016. All required tests were carried out in Department of Pathology, Quaid-e-Azam medical college, Bahawalpur. Results: Mean age of the patients was 46.71±12.25 years. Male patients were 170(66.40%) and female patients were 86(33.59%). Total 50(19.53%) patients were found with drug resistance and 206(80.43%) patient sensitive to anti TB drugs. No significant association of gender and age with drug resistance was found. Conclusion: In the present study the most common pattern observed is TB with predominant resistance to INH. No significant association was of gender and age with drug resistance was observed.