Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Willingham, F. F. ; Schmitz, T. L. ; Contreras, M. ; Kalangi, S. E. ; Vivar, A. M. ; Caviedes, L. ; Schiantarelli, E. ; Neumann, P. M. ; Bern, C. ; Gilman, R. H.
• Corporate Authors:
  Working Group on TB in Peru
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Cross Infection Female Humans Middle Aged Prevalence Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):123-127.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:af34b346acd219efe6c97b0b030511af4b2627d2a8e0f896db8748bcfb024a67
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15068/cdc_15068_DS1.pdf
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