Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2014)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130732
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 135 – 137

Abstract

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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.

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