High frequency of resistance to the drugs isoniazid and rifampicin among tuberculosis cases in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, an urban area in Northeastern Brazil Alta freqüência de resistência às drogas isoniazida e rifampicina em tuberculose na Cidade do Cabo de Santo Agostinho, uma área urbana do nordeste do Brasil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Marcilio Baliza, Artur Henrique Bach, Gabriel Lobo de Queiroz, Inês Cardoso Melo, Maria Madileuza Carneiro, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Philip Suffys, Laura Rodrigues, Ricardo Ximenes, Norma Lucena-Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008
• Subjects: Tuberculose; Resistência a drogas; Multidroga resistência; Fatores de risco; Tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Multidrug resistance; Risk factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Alta; Nordeste; Droga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822008000100003; https://doaj.org/article/f5a234cf04464c9a8f7bdcae3cb82413

The objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency and risk factors for developing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, PE. This was a prospective study conducted from 2000 to 2003, in which suspected cases were investigated using bacilloscopy and culturing....