Table 3

Isoniazid and multidrug resistance by year of diagnosis, country of diagnosis, diagnosis in London, history of previous treatment, and HIV infection status, 1993–9, UK

Isoniazid resistance*Multidrug resistance
All isolatesNo (%)95% CINo (%)95% CI
*Isoniazid resistance: with or without resistance to other drugs.
Year
    19933409 157 (4.6)(3.9 to 5.4)19 (0.6)(0.3 to 0.9)
    19943253 181 (5.6)(4.8 to 6.4)43 (1.3)(1.0 to 1.8)
    19953253 197 (6.1)(5.3 to 6.9)49 (1.5)(1.1 to 2.0)
    19963632 221 (6.1)(5.3 to 6.9)60 (1.7)(1.3 to 2.1)
    19973578 193 (5.3)(4.7 to 6.2)45 (1.3)(0.9 to 1.7)
    19983832 230 (6)(5.3 to 6.8)50 (1.3)(1.0 to 1.7)
    19994260 253 (5.9)(5.2 to 6.7)33 (0.8)(0.5 to 1.1)
Total252171432 (5.7)(5.4 to 6.0)299 (1.2)(1.1 to 1.3)
Country in which diagnosed
    England21913 1307 (6.0)(5.7 to 6.3)277 (1.3)(1.1 to 1.4)
    N Ireland354 11 (3.1)(1.6 to 5.5)1 (0.3)(0.0 to 1.6)
    Scotland2148 78 (3.6)(2.9 to 4.5)15 (0.7)(0.4 to 1.1)
    Wales788 35 (4.4)(3.1 to 6.1)5 (0.6)(0.2 to 1.5)
Place of diagnosis
    London9275 701 (7.6)(7.0 to 8.1)157 (1.7)(1.4 to 2.0)
    Outside London15932 730 (4.6)(4.3 to 4.9)142 (0.9)(0.8 to 1.0)
History of TB
    Previous1396 217 (15.5)(13.7 to 17.6)131 (9.4)(7.9 to 11.0)
    No previous TB6207 352 (5.7)(5.1 to 6.3)49 (0.8)(0.6 to 1.0)
    Unknown17614 863 (4.9)(4.6 to 5.2)119 (0.7)(0.6 to 0.8)
HIV infection
    Positive910 106 (11.6)(9.6 to 13.9)42 (4.6)(3.3 to 6.2)
    Negative or unknown243071324 (5.4)(5.2 to 5.7)257 (1.1)(0.9 to 1.2)