Drug susceptibility was determined using the 1% proportion method on L–J medium according to the guidelines of the WHO [10 (link)], with rifampin (RIF), 40 μg/ml; isoniazid (INH), 0.2 μg/ml; streptomycin (SM), 10 μg/ml; ethambutol (EMB), 2 μg/ml; capreomycin (CM), 40 μg/ml; kanamycin (KM), 30 μg/ml; ofloxacin (OFX), 2 μg/ml; amikacin (AM). The MDR-TB was defined as resistance to at least INH and RIF. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) isolates were defined as MDR-TB isolates with additional resistance to both OFX and KM [11 (link)].
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