title: Mobility patterns of persons at risk for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai, India.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Mumbai, India.
  
  
  
  To describe the mobility patterns of persons with suspected drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) and to assess whether there were significant differences in demographic or risk characteristics based on mobility.
  
  
  
  Observational cohort study of TB clinic patients at risk for DR-TB.
  
  
  
  Among 602 participants, 37% had ever moved from their place of birth; 14% were local movers (within state), and 23% were distant movers, between states or countries. Univariate multinomial logistic regression models showed that distant movers were more likely than non-movers to have lower income, less education, a greater number of previous TB episodes, and to have ever smoked. Compared to non-movers, local movers were more likely to have lower income and were more likely to have seen a doctor in the past 2 years. Clinical outcomes, including DR-TB, diabetes, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), did not differ between the three mobility groups.
  
  
  
  Mobility was common among patients at risk for DR-TB in Mumbai. TB programs should consider the implications of mobility on the protracted treatment for DR-TB in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Conners
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Garfein
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Rodwell
authors.affiliation: Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Udwadia
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Department of Biological Sciences, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Catanzaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents