title: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
abstract: To determine whether women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) were more likely than men to have extensively drug-resistant TB, we reviewed 4,514 adults admitted during 2003-2008 for drug-resistant TB. Female sex independently predicted extensively drug-resistant TB, even after we controlled for HIV infection. This association needs further study.
authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors: Max R
authors: MR
authors: O'Donnell
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Zelnick
authors: Lise
authors: L
authors: Werner
authors: Iqbal
authors: I
authors: Master
authors: Marian
authors: M
authors: Loveday
authors: C Robert
authors: CR
authors: Horsburgh
authors: Nesri
authors: N
authors: Padayatchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology