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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Research

Outbreak of Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Michel Kaswa KayomoComments to Author , Epco Hasker, Muriel Aloni, Léontine Nkuku, Marcel Kazadi, Thierry Kabengele, Dorcas Muteteke, François Kapita, Alphonse Lufulwabo, Ya Diul Mukadi, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Margareta Ieven, Bouke C. de Jong, and Marleen Boelaert
Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (M.K. Kayomo, E. Hasker, B.C. de Jong, M. Boelaert); National Tuberculosis Program, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (M.K. Kayomo, M. Aloni, M. Kazadi, T. Kabengele, D. Muteteke, F. Kapita, A. Lufulwabo); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (M.K. Kayomo, M. Aloni, L. Nkuku, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum); Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (M.K. Kayomo, M. Aloni, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum); US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA (Y.D. Mukadi); University of Antwerp, Antwerp (M. Ieven)

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Table 2

Selected demographic and clinical characteristics of 14 inmates with diagnosed rifampin-resistant tuberculosis, Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 2015*

Area Sex and age, y History of treatment Detection date Treatment started HIV status Duration of incarceration, mo
1 M/31 New case 2015 Feb 10 2015 Feb 11 Neg 21
2 M/18 New case 2014 Nov 21 2014 Dec 11 Neg 18
2 M/20 Retreatment 2014 Nov 21 2014 Dec 11 Neg 28
2 M/25 New case 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 16 Neg 12
2 M/25 New case 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 16 Neg 1
2 M/55 New case 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 20 Neg 24
2 M/25 New case 2015 Feb 5 2015 Feb 7 Neg 19
2 M/32 New case 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 20 Neg 7
2 M/35 New case 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 20 Neg 20
2 M/27 New case 2015 Feb 16 2015 Feb 19 Neg 36
2 M/30 New case 2014 Nov 20 2014 Dec 11 Neg 3
2 M/35 New case 2015 Jan 21 2015 Jan 23 Neg 101
2 M/25 New case 2015 Jan 22 2015 Jan 24 Neg 21
2 M/24 New case 2015 Jan 22 2015 Feb 24 Neg 30

*Drug resistance testing by Xpert MTB/RIF assay. Neg, negative.

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