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1516406

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
Drug-resistant tuberculosis was found in 21 percent of homeless individuals in New York City between 1982 and 1987. To see if this relationship existed in south Texas, we evaluated all admissions to a Texas Health Department facility with culture-proven tuberculosis. Four hundred forty-three patients were admitted between September 1987 and October 1990. Twenty-six, (5.9 percent) of these patients were identified as homeless. Alcoholism, tobacco abuse, divorce, and unemployment were common demographic characteristics. Six male patients and one female patient (27 percent) had Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to one or more antituberculosis drugs. Five were Hispanic, one was white, and one was black. The six male patients had resistance to only one drug, either rifampin or ethambutol. The female patient had resistance to streptomycin, isoniazid, and rifampin. These findings illustrate that drug-resistant tuberculosis exists among homeless individuals in south Texas. As the number of homeless people increases, physicians need to recognize that pulmonary tuberculosis is a frequent infection in this population and that the causal mycobacteria may well be resistant to one or more antituberculosis agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
802-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Homeless individuals and drug-resistant tuberculosis in south Texas.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. 78234-6200.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article