Volume 18, Number 11—November 2012
Research
HIV Infection and Geographically Bound Transmission of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Argentina
Table 6
Characteristics of 53 patients with extensively drug-resistant TB, Argentina 2003–2009*
Characteristic | No. patients | % In cluster | % In major cluster |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
M |
29 | 79.3 | 58.6 |
F |
24 | 75.0 | 58.3 |
Age group, y | |||
15–29 |
16 | 81.3 | 50.0 |
30–44 |
24 | 75.0 | 66.7 |
>45 |
8 | 87.5 | 50.0 |
Unknown (adult) |
5 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
Country of birth | |||
Argentina | 30 | 76.7 | 53.3 |
Other (South America)† |
11 | 81.8 | 63.6 |
Unknown (South America)‡ |
11 | 81.8 | 72.7 |
Indonesia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Place of diagnosis | |||
Former MDR TB hot spot |
31 | 74.2 | 71.0 |
Other |
22 | 81.8 | 40.9 |
HIV status | |||
Positive |
14 | 85.7 | 78.6 |
Negative |
33 | 75.8 | 54.5 |
Unknown |
6 | 66.7 | 33.3 |
Site of disease | |||
Pulmonary |
49 | 81.6 | 61.2 |
Disseminated |
3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Unknown |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Previous TB | |||
Yes |
38 | 71.1 | 50.0 |
No |
10 | 90.0 | 70.0 |
Unknown |
5 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
AFB smear microscopy | |||
Positive |
41 | 78.0 | 56.1 |
Negative |
7 | 71.4 | 57.1 |
Unknown |
5 | 75.0 | 75.0 |
*TB, tuberculosis; MDR, multidrug-resistant; AFB, acid-fast bacilli.
†From a country in South America other than Argentina
‡From an unknown country in South America.
1Additional members of the National TB Laboratory Network who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.