Use of Spatial Information to Predict Multidrug Resistance in Tuberculosis Patients, Peru

To determine whether spatiotemporal information could help predict multidrug resistance at the time of tuberculosis diagnosis, we investigated tuberculosis patients who underwent drug susceptibility testing in Lima, Peru, during 2005–2007. We found that crude representation of spatial location at th...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hsien-Ho, Shin, Sonya S., Contreras, Carmen, Asencios, Luis, Paciorek, Christopher J., Cohen, Ted
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516236
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111467
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Sumario:To determine whether spatiotemporal information could help predict multidrug resistance at the time of tuberculosis diagnosis, we investigated tuberculosis patients who underwent drug susceptibility testing in Lima, Peru, during 2005–2007. We found that crude representation of spatial location at the level of the health center improved prediction of multidrug resistance.

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