Tuberculosis drug resistance and HIV infection, the Netherlands

Catharina Hendrika Haar, Frank G. J. Cobelens, Nico A. Kalisvaart, Jan J. van der Have, Paul J. H. J. van Gerven, Dick van Soolingen

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Abstract

In the Netherlands during 1993-2001, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among newly diagnosed patients was more frequent in those with HIV coinfection (5/308, 1.6%) than in those with no HIV infection (39/646, 0.6%; adjusted odds ratio 3.43, p=0.015). Four of the 5 patients coinfected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV were foreign-born. DNA fingerprint analysis suggested that transmission had occurred outside the Netherlands
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)776-778
JournalEmerging infectious diseases
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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