Open AccessTHE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION AND A TREND IN THE DRUG RESISTANCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SMOLENSK REGION IN 2005-2010
Author(s) -
T.V. Myakisheva,
М А Гуденков
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i infekcionnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-3026
pISSN - 1560-9529
DOI - 10.17816/eid40616
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , epidemiology , drug resistance , environmental health , medicine , resistance (ecology) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , ecology
The tuberculosis epidemiological situation in the Smolensk Region in 2005-2010 was appraised as poor and more tense than that in Russia as a whole. Its deterioration was noted in terms of most indicators in the past 6 years. The general healthcare network facilities were found to inadequately detect patients with tuberculosis particularly with fluorographic methods. There was a change in the pattern of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the region, a decrease in monoresistance, an increase in multidrug resistance, and preservation high of polyresistance.