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. 2001 Jan-Feb;7(1):123–127. doi: 10.3201/eid0701.010117

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

F F Willingham 1, T L Schmitz 1, M Contreras 1, S E Kalangi 1, A M Vivar 1, L Caviedes 1, E Schiantarelli 1, P M Neumann 1, C Bern 1, R H Gilman 1; Working Group on TB in Peru1
PMCID: PMC2631673  PMID: 11266302

Abstract

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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