Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola
In a longitudinal study in a first-level hospital in Luanda, Angola, we found rifampin-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in 38 (8%, 95% CI 5.7–10.8) of 474 patients with no previous history of TB. Of note, 2 patients (0.4%, 95% CI 0.1–1.5) demonstrated pre–extensively drug-resista...
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| author | Ngiambudulu M. Francisco Alberto Gaviraghi Francesca Alladio Ralph Huits Bruna Carnielli Elena Salvador Giacomo Stroffolini Niccolò Ronzoni Paolo Cattaneo Concetta Castilletti Alberto Kalume Cristina Mazzi Alberto Matteelli Dora Buonfrate Federico G. Gobbi |
| author_facet | Ngiambudulu M. Francisco Alberto Gaviraghi Francesca Alladio Ralph Huits Bruna Carnielli Elena Salvador Giacomo Stroffolini Niccolò Ronzoni Paolo Cattaneo Concetta Castilletti Alberto Kalume Cristina Mazzi Alberto Matteelli Dora Buonfrate Federico G. Gobbi |
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In a longitudinal study in a first-level hospital in Luanda, Angola, we found rifampin-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in 38 (8%, 95% CI 5.7–10.8) of 474 patients with no previous history of TB. Of note, 2 patients (0.4%, 95% CI 0.1–1.5) demonstrated pre–extensively drug-resistant TB.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d4c2f9899b88459b87e7bfdb198075872025-08-20T02:02:20ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592025-03-0131362762910.3201/eid3103.241831Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, AngolaNgiambudulu M. FranciscoAlberto GaviraghiFrancesca AlladioRalph HuitsBruna CarnielliElena SalvadorGiacomo StroffoliniNiccolò RonzoniPaolo CattaneoConcetta CastillettiAlberto KalumeCristina MazziAlberto MatteelliDora BuonfrateFederico G. Gobbi In a longitudinal study in a first-level hospital in Luanda, Angola, we found rifampin-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in 38 (8%, 95% CI 5.7–10.8) of 474 patients with no previous history of TB. Of note, 2 patients (0.4%, 95% CI 0.1–1.5) demonstrated pre–extensively drug-resistant TB. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/3/24-1831_articletuberculosis and other mycobacteriabacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosisantimicrobial resistancemultidrug resistanceMDR |
| spellingShingle | Ngiambudulu M. Francisco Alberto Gaviraghi Francesca Alladio Ralph Huits Bruna Carnielli Elena Salvador Giacomo Stroffolini Niccolò Ronzoni Paolo Cattaneo Concetta Castilletti Alberto Kalume Cristina Mazzi Alberto Matteelli Dora Buonfrate Federico G. Gobbi Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola Emerging Infectious Diseases tuberculosis and other mycobacteria bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis antimicrobial resistance multidrug resistance MDR |
| title | Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola |
| title_full | Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola |
| title_fullStr | Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola |
| title_short | Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola |
| title_sort | multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis in a community hospital luanda angola |
| topic | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis antimicrobial resistance multidrug resistance MDR |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/3/24-1831_article |
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