Ngiambudulu M. Francisco, Alberto Gaviraghi, Francesca Alladio, Ralph Huits, Bruna Carnielli, Elena Salvador, Giacomo Stroffolini, Niccolò Ronzoni, Paolo Cattaneo, Concetta Castilletti, Alberto Kalume, Cristina Mazzi, Alberto Matteelli, Dora Buonfrate, Federico G. Gobbi
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Abstract
In a longitudinal study in a first-level hospital in Luanda, Angola, we found rifampin-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in 38 (8%, 95% CI 5.7–10.8) of 474 patients with no previous history of TB. Of note, 2 patients (0.4%, 95% CI 0.1–1.5) demonstrated pre–extensively drug-resistant TB.
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