Hospital Control and Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Female Patients, Lima, Peru

Hospital Control and Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Female Patients, Lima, Peru

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 pat...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
hospital contral
Multi-drug resistant Pulmonary TB
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Peru
TB
Tuberculosis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/1/07-0123_article

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