Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Urban and Rural India and Implications for Prevention | Zendy

Deepak V. Almeida | Zendy; Camilla Rodrigues | Zendy; Zarir Udwadia | Zendy; Ajit Lalvani | Zendy; G. D. Gothi | Zendy; P. Mehta | Zendy; Ajita Mehta | Zendy

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Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Urban and Rural India and Implications for Prevention

Author(s) -

Deepak V. Almeida,

Camilla Rodrigues,

Zarir Udwadia,

Ajit Lalvani,

G. D. Gothi,

P. Mehta,

Ajita Mehta

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/374931

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , multiple drug resistance , mycobacterium tuberculosis , rural area , tertiary care , environmental health , center (category theory) , veterinary medicine , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , chemistry , physics , optics , crystallography

We compared the incidence of multidrug resistance in 150 consecutive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from a rural center (in Sakawar, India) and an urban tertiary care center (in Mumbai, India). The study highlights an alarmingly high percentage of multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates in Mumbai (51%) as compared with that at the rural center (2%).

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