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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Main Authors:	O’Donnell, Max R., Zelnick, Jennifer, Werner, Lise, Master, Iqbal, Loveday, Marian, Horsburgh, C. Robert, Padayatchi, Nesri
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310667/

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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 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
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author	O’Donnell, Max R. Zelnick, Jennifer Werner, Lise Master, Iqbal Loveday, Marian Horsburgh, C. Robert Padayatchi, Nesri
spellingShingle	O’Donnell, Max R. Zelnick, Jennifer Werner, Lise Master, Iqbal Loveday, Marian Horsburgh, C. Robert Padayatchi, Nesri Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
author_facet	O’Donnell, Max R. Zelnick, Jennifer Werner, Lise Master, Iqbal Loveday, Marian Horsburgh, C. Robert Padayatchi, Nesri
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title	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
title_short	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
title_full	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
title_fullStr	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
title_sort	extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in women, kwazulu-natal, south africa
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.
publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
publishDate	2011
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310667/
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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