Hospital Control and Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Female Patients, Lima, Peru
| Autor: | Sheela E. Kalangi, Robert H. Gilman, Luz Caviedes, Paola Maurtua Neumann, Aldo Vivar, Field F. Willingham, Eduardo Schiantarelli, Tracy Schmitz, Macbeth Contreras, Caryn Bern |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Adolescent Drug resistance Women in development Sputum culture Pulmonary tuberculosis Internal medicine Peru Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Prevalence medicine Humans Infection control Tuberculosis Pulmonary Aged Aged 80 and over Cross Infection medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Multiple drug resistance Clinical research Female business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid0701.010117 |
| Popis: | We examined the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, and characteristics of TB on a female general medicine ward in Peru. Of 250 patients, 40 (16%) were positive by sputum culture and 27 (11%) by smear, and 8 (3%) had MDRTB. Thirteen (33%) of 40 culture-positive patients had not been suspected of having TB on admission. Six (46%) of 13 patients whose TB was unsuspected on admission had MDRTB, compared with 2 (7%) of 27 suspected cases (p = 0.009). Five (63%) of 8 MDRTB patients were smear positive and therefore highly infective. In developing countries, hospital control, a simple method of reducing the spread of MDRTB, is neglected. |
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