Factors leading to multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Aim: to determine the frequency of factors leading to multidrug resistance tuberculosis. study design: cross sectional study setting: pulmonology department,bvh bahawalpur. duration of study: from march,2015 to september,2015. results: total 126 patients with mdr-tb were included in this study. minimum age of the patients was 20 years and maximum age of the patients was 60 years. mean age of the patients was 39.44±9.043. most 65(51.6%) of the patients with mdr-tb belonged to age group 31-40 years and 74 (58.7%) were male and 52(41.3%) were female. total 88(69.8%) patients were un-educated. conclusion: most common age group affected with mdr-tb was 31-40 years and most of the patients were un-educated. male were more victim as compare to female and laborer was most commonly affected by mdr-tb. mostly patients reported with mdr-tb have previous history of taking att.