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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Autores principales: 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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11266302
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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
author_facet 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
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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.
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spelling pubmed-26316732009-05-20 Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru. 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Article 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2631673/ /pubmed/11266302 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
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
Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title_full Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title_fullStr Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title_full_unstemmed Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title_short Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.
title_sort hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, lima, peru.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11266302
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