Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

C. Robert Horsburgh; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Chaisson; Cox; Dheda; Gandhi; Heller; Iqbal Master; Jennifer Zelnick; Leimane; Lise Werner; Marian Loveday; Max R. O’Donnell; Mitnick; Nesri Padayatchi; O’Donnell; O’Donnell; Shah; Shin

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Authors: C. Robert Horsburgh
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chaisson
Cox
Dheda
Gandhi
Heller
Iqbal Master
Jennifer Zelnick
Leimane
Lise Werner
Marian Loveday
Max R. O’Donnell
Mitnick
Nesri Padayatchi
O’Donnell
O’Donnell
Shah
Shin
Publication date: 1 January 2011
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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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