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HCM City: 24 percent of TB cases are drug-resistant

About 24 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Ho Chi Minh City show symptoms of drug or multi-drug resistance, heard a conference on December 29.
HCM City: 24 percent of TB cases are drug-resistant ảnh 1About 24 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Ho Chi Minh City show symptoms of drug or multi-drug resistance. (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – About 24 percent of tuberculosis(TB) patients in Ho Chi Minh City show symptoms of drug or multi-drugresistance, heard a conference on December 29, which overviewed TB preventionand treatment in Ho Chi Minh City throughout 2017.

The city recorded 16,452 TB patients in 2017. The rate of TBcases in the city was 196 in every 100,000 residents on average, much higherthan the national average of 110/100,000.

Doctor Dang Minh Duong from the Pham Ngoc Thach Hospitalattributed the drug resistance to the patients’ neglect and failure to completetreatment courses, which often leads to more severe health conditions. He said ittakes between three and six months for TB to show symptoms.

He pointed to the fact that many hold wrong perception of tuberculosis.They think only poor people or those with weak immune system contract thedisease, thus fail to take prompt preventive measures or adhere to treatmentregime, Duong added.

Also in 2017, 282 local children were diagnosedwith tuberculosis.-VNA
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