High prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB among household contacts in a high burden setting

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2023 Aug 1;27(8):646-648. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.23.0123.

Authors

S Ahmed¹, I Lotia-Farrukh¹, P Y Khan², S Adnan³, J S Sodho¹, S Bano³, M R Siddiqui⁴, A Ghafoor⁵, A K Isani⁶, N Salahuddin³, U Khan¹

Affiliations

¹ Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
² Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi.
⁴ Institute of Chest Diseases, Kotri.
⁵ National TB Control Programme, Islamabad.
⁶ Communicable Disease Control Sindh, Hyderabad, Pakistan.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Contact Tracing
Humans
Prevalence
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / epidemiology