Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in High-Risk Groups, Zimbabwe

Autor: John Z. Metcalfe, Salome Makumbirofa, Beauty Makamure, Charles Sandy, Wilbert Bara, Stanley Mungofa, Philip C. Hopewell, Peter Mason
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 135-137 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2001.130732
Popis: To estimate prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2012, we performed microbiologic testing on acid-fast bacilli smear-positive sputum samples from patients previously treated for TB. Twenty (24%) of 84 specimens were consistent with MDR TB. A national drug-resistance survey is needed to determine MDR TB prevalence in Zimbabwe.
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