Hospital Control and Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Female Patients, Lima, Peru
| Autor: | Field F. Willingham, Tracy L. Schmitz, Macbeth Contreras, Sheela E. Kalangi, Aldo M. Vivar, Luz Caviedes, Eduardo Schiantarelli, Paola Maurtua Neumann, Caryn Bern, Robert H. Gilman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 123-127 (2001) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid0701.070123 |
| 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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