Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45748

Tuberculosis: Drug Resistance

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of tuberculosis cases show evidence of (a) multi drug resistance and (b) rifampicin resistance.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Detailed analysis on drug resistance is published in the annual Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Microbiology England reports, with the most recent being from 2023. Rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is reported in a singl...

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