Tuberculosis Epidemiology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence is high in Ho Chi Minh City
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 11th, 2006
In a recently published report, investigators in Vietnam conducted a study to "assess the pattern of drug resistance among smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients in an inner city area in Vietnam.
"A random sample of patients diagnosed by the national TB program (NTP) were offered HIV testing and submitted sputum for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug sensitivity testing."
"Of 1433 isolates from new patients," wrote H.T. Quy and colleagues at Pham Ngoc Thach TB and Lung Disease Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, "360 (25%) were resistant to...
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