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. 2011 Oct;17(10):1942-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1710.110105.

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Max R O'Donnell  1 , Jennifer Zelnick, Lise Werner, Iqbal Master, Marian Loveday, C Robert Horsburgh, Nesri Padayatchi
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Max R O'Donnell et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

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.

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Flow diagram for patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) admitted to King George V Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2003–2008.
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