Epidemiology/Prisons

South American Country Poised for MDR-TB Rise

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 17th, 1995

The alarming spread of tuberculosis among a group of HIV-positive prisoners in Argentina suggests the area is poised for the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of the disease, according to a report from the University of Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, has a population of nearly three million persons and showed a continuous decline in tuberculosis incidence until 1988. From 1989, however, there was an increase in cases and mortality in the country, particularly among 15- to 44-year-olds. The increase has been attributed to the spread of HIV-related TB.

"In addition to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-complex disease...

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