Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola.

Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Luanda, Angola.

Publication date: Mar 01, 2025

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.

Concepts Keywords
Angola Adolescent
Extensively Adult
Hospital Angola
Mycobacterium Angola
Tuberculosis antimicrobial resistance
Antitubercular Agents
Antitubercular Agents
bacteria
Female
Hospitals, Community
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
MDR
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
multidrug resistance
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
pre-XDR
Rifampin
Rifampin
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
drug DRUGBANK Rifampicin
disease MESH multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
disease IDO history
disease IDO bacteria
disease MESH tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis

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