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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Med. 2009;60:307–320. doi: 10.1146/annurev.med.60.053107.103955

Table 1.

Risk factors for drug-resistant TB (1416, 27, 28)

• Residence in region with known high MDR/XDR TB prevalence
• Known exposure to MDR/XDR TB patient
• HIV/AIDS
• History of:
  ◦ previous TB therapy, especially within the past year
  ◦ relapse or recurrence after previous successful treatment
  ◦ hospitalization within the past two years
  ◦ nonadherence or default
  ◦ incarceration
  ◦ substance abuse or attendance of addiction treatment facilities
  ◦ kanamycin resistance
  ◦ malabsorption
  ◦ medications known to cause drug interactions with concurrent TB therapy