[Response to therapy in multiple drug resistant tuberculosis patients].

Introduction: Multiple drug resistant tuberculosis is an increasingly significant medical problem, because it means the spread of microorganisms for which "second line" drugs are required to eliminate them; therapeutic effectiveness is lower, it takes longer to treat it, leading to more adverse effects in addition to being more expensive than the conventional treatment.

Objective: To identify the response to individualized treatment in multiple drug resistant tuberculosis patients, who are non-HIV seropositive.

Method: A descriptive study was conducted in a sample of multiple drug resistant patients, who were treated for a year under individualized courses of treatment from 2000 to 2010 in Hospital Neumológico "Benéfico Jurídico".