Prevalence and risk factors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Cubal, Angola: a prospective cohort study
María Luisa Aznar, Ariadna Rando‐Segura, M Moreno, M. E. Soley, E. S. Igual, Cristina Bocanegra, Eva Gil Olivas, Arrigoni Eugenio, et al. (16 authors)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2019-01
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although the Republic of Angola is one of the 14 countries figuring in the three high tuberculosis (TB) burden country lists, the true multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) situation is unknown. MATERIAL AND METHODS: MTB/RIF testing in all previously treated patients and in new patients whose sputum remained smear-positive after 2 months of treatment. RESULTS: = 0.005) were independent risk factors for MDR-TB. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of MDR-TB in Cubal, Angola, was higher than estimated by the World Health Organization for Angola and one of the highest worldwide. Facilities to diagnose and treat MDR-TB are urgently needed in Angola.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Sputum
- Internal medicine
- Prospective cohort study
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Sputum culture
- Cohort