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. 2014 Jan;20(1):135-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid2001.130732.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-risk groups, Zimbabwe

John Z Metcalfe, Salome Makumbirofa, Beauty Makamure, Charles Sandy, Wilbert Bara, Stanley Mungofa, Philip C Hopewell, Peter Mason

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-risk groups, Zimbabwe

John Z Metcalfe et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

To estimate prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2012, we performed microbiologic testing on acid-fast bacilli smear-positive sputum samples from patients previously treated for TB. Twenty (24%) of 84 specimens were consistent with MDR TB. A national drug-resistance survey is needed to determine MDR TB prevalence in Zimbabwe.

Keywords: HIV/TB; MDR TB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Zimbabwe; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; drug-resistant tuberculosis; mycobacteria; retreatment tuberculosis; tuberculosis.

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