Volume 9, Number 8—August 2003
Research
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV-Negative Patients, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Table 2
Distribution of 79 HIV-negative patients with initial multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MTDRTB) according to the putative exposure setting and DNA fingerprint findings, Muñiz Hospital, Argentina, 1991–2000
Setting | n (% of total) | RFLP donea | M strain |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital |
|||
Healthcare workersb |
20 (25.3) |
15 |
10 |
Patients |
7 (8.9) |
5 |
5 |
Household |
35 (44.3) |
19 |
5 |
Unknown |
17 (21.5) |
10 |
4 |
Total | 79 (100) | 49 | 24 |
aRFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.
bPhysicians, 6; nurses, 5; bacteriologists, 2; and auxiliary staff, 7.