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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2024

Resistance to pyrazinamide in

Getu Balay, Kedir Abdella, Wakjira Kebede, Mulualem Tadesse, Zegeye Bonsa, Mekidim Mekonnen, Misikir Amare, Gemeda Abebe

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  5. Enhancing diagnostic efficiency of pyrazinamide resistance inCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2025
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Getu BalayMycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Kedir AbdellaSchool of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Wakjira KebedeMycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Mulualem TadesseMycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Zegeye BonsaMycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Mekidim MekonnenSchool of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Misikir AmareEthiopian Public Health Institute, National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Gemeda AbebeMycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Pyrazinamide (PZA) susceptibility testing is important to develop evidence-based algorithms for case management. We aimed to assess the prevalence of PZA-resistance and its impact on treatment outcomes in previously treated tuberculosis (TB) cases in southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia. Methods: A Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) of PZA with BACTEC MGIT 960 was conducted at the Mycobacteriology Research Center of Jimma University (MRC-JU) from June to November 2021 on sixty-six Results: Among 66 MTBC isolates (49 rifampicin-resistant and 17 rifampicin-sensitive) included in this study, 31.8 % were resistant to PZA. The proportion of PZA resistance was almost three times higher in previously treated TB cases with rifampicin resistance than in rifampicin-sensitive patients (38.8 % vs. 11.8 %, p = 0.039). An unfavorable treatment outcome was documented for 23 % (15/65) of the participants. Patients with PZA resistance were almost four times more likely to have an unfavorable treatment outcome than patients with PZA sensitive (aOR 4.2, 95 % CI: 1.13-15.3). Conclusions: The prevalence of PZA resistance was high compared to the pooled PZA resistance estimated worldwide. The majority of TB cases with PZA resistance had an unfavorable treatment outcome. PZA susceptibility testing should be included in the multidrug-resistant TB diagnostic algorithm to improve management of these patients.

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Pyrazinamide susceptibility testingRetreatment tuberculosisTreatment outcome

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PMCPMC10787229

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