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Text Equivalents - Tuberculosis: Drug resistance in Canada – 2012

Figure 1: Reported Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Canada by province/territory: 2012

Figure 1: Reported Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Canada by province/territory: 2012
Province/territory Number of reported isolates
Ont. 493
B.C. 254
Que. 209
Alta. 163
Man. 123
Sask. 72
Nvt. 65
N.S. 9
N.W.T 6
N.L. 5
N.B. 4
P.E.I. 0
Y.T. 1

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Figure 2: Reported TB drug resistance in Canada by type of first-line drug: 2012

Figure 2: Reported TB drug resistance in Canada by type of first-line drug: 2012
Type of Drug Drug resistance (%)
Any resistance to INH 7.9
Any resistance to RMP 0.6
Any resistance to EMB 0.3
Any resistance to PZA 2.8

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Figure 3: Any resistance by type of first-line drug as a percentage of isolates tested: 2002 - 2012

Figure 3: Any resistance by type of first-line drug as a percentage of isolates tested: 2002 - 2012
Any resistance 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
INH 8.1 9.4 7.3 8.2 7.3 8.7 7.5 8.5 7.9 9.2 7.9
RMP 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 0.6
EMB 1.8 1.2 0.8 1.5 0.9 1.8 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.3
PZA 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 2.4 2.6 2.8

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Figure 4: Overall pattern of reported TB drug resistance in Canada: 2012

Figure 4: Overall pattern of reported TB drug resistance in Canada: 2012
Type of resistance Drug resistance (%)
Resistant to one or more drugs 9.8
Monoresistant 9.0
MDR-TB* 0.6
XDR-TB† 0.1
Other Patterns 0.1

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Figure 5: Overall pattern of reported TB drug resistance as a percentage of isolates tested: 2002 - 2012

Figure 5: Overall pattern of reported TB drug resistance as a percentage of isolates tested: 2002 - 2012
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Resistance to one or more drugs 9.8 10.5 8.6 9.6 9.1 10.5 8.6 9.5 8.8 10.5 9.8
Monoresistance 7.7 8.3 6.8 7.7 7.7 8.8 6.9 7.4 6.9 9.0 9.0
MDR-TB* 1.4 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.4 0.6
Other Patterns 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1
XDR-TB† 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 0.1 0.1

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Figure 6: Reported TB drug resistance in Canada by province/territory: 2012

This map of Canada, with the provinces and territories variously highlighted, shows the highest level of drug-resistance reported from each province and territory for 2012. Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and Yukon are shaded white indicating that all isolates tested  were susceptible to all first-line drugs. Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec and Saskatchewan are shaded light blue indicating that, of all the results reported, at least one of the isolates tested in each province was resistant to one or more of the TB drugs but does not include the isoniazid  and rifampin combination.  Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario are shaded dark blue, indicating that of all the results reported that at least one isolate tested from each province was identified as either MDR-TB or XDR-TB.

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