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16369664

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Tuberculosis is considered a serious public health problem. Some factors, such as HIV infection and immigration, have had a major impact on the epidemiology of this illness in Spain. The problem has worsened in recent years due to the dissemination of multiresistant strains. Therefore, a periodic surveillance should be established with respect to the incidence and the resistances observed. In this study we collect M. tuberculosis isolates carried out in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, and their susceptibility characteristics in patients from Area 2 in Madrid. To evaluate the isolates' susceptibilities, the MGIT 960 system was used. Of a total of 244 isolates, 15.2% were resistant to at least one antibiotic (different to streptomycin), and 29.9% of the isolates were obtained in samples from immigrant patients. In addition, the immigrant population affected showed a greater percentage of resistances (p <0.01) and a younger mean age (p <0.01) than the indigenous population.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0214-3429
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a four-year period in a Madrid hospital].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, España.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract