Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

To determine whether women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) were more likely than men to have extensively drug-resistant TB, we reviewed 4,514 adults admitted during 2003–2008 for drug-resistant TB. Female sex independently predicted extensively drug-resistant TB...

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Autores principales: O’Donnell, Max R., Zelnick, Jennifer, Werner, Lise, Master, Iqbal, Loveday, Marian, Horsburgh, C. Robert, Padayatchi, Nesri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22000378
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110105
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author O’Donnell, Max R.
Zelnick, Jennifer
Werner, Lise
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Loveday, Marian
Horsburgh, C. Robert
Padayatchi, Nesri
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description To determine whether women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) were more likely than men to have extensively drug-resistant TB, we reviewed 4,514 adults admitted during 2003–2008 for drug-resistant TB. Female sex independently predicted extensively drug-resistant TB, even after we controlled for HIV infection. This association needs further study.
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spelling pubmed-33106672012-06-27 Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa O’Donnell, Max R. Zelnick, Jennifer Werner, Lise Master, Iqbal Loveday, Marian Horsburgh, C. Robert Padayatchi, Nesri Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine whether women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) were more likely than men to have extensively drug-resistant TB, we reviewed 4,514 adults admitted during 2003–2008 for drug-resistant TB. Female sex independently predicted extensively drug-resistant TB, even after we controlled for HIV infection. This association needs further study. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3310667/ /pubmed/22000378 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110105 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.
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