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- Title
Increasing Drug Resistance Among Persons With Tuberculosis in Massachusetts, 2009–2018.
- Authors
Eddy, Jared J; Gadani, Kavita M; Tibbs, Andrew; Bernardo, John; Cochran, Jennifer; White, Laura F; Horsburgh, C Robert; Jacobson, Karen R
- Abstract
We examined Massachusetts tuberculosis surveillance data from to 2009 to 2018. Of 1533 culture-confirmed cases, 190 (12.4%) demonstrated resistance to isoniazid including 32 (2.1%) with rifampin resistance. In multivariable analysis, isoniazid resistance increased significantly over time (per-year odds ratio = 1.07, 95% confidence interval = 1.01–1.13, P = .018) and was associated with younger age, foreign birth, and prior tuberculosis treatment.
- Subjects
MASSACHUSETTS; DRUG resistance; TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS ratio; CONFIDENCE intervals
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa300