Journal
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 16, Issue 9, Pages 1341-1345Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.06.007
Keywords
Tuberculosis; Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Risk factors; Bangui
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This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in patients admitted to a pneumo-physiology clinic in Central African Republic. The main factors associated with MDR-TB were male gender, residence in a peri-urban/urban area, history of previous TB treatment, and the presence of multidrug-resistant TB in the family.
Background: The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) presents a challenge to the End TB by 2035 strategy. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with MDR-TB in patients admitted to the pneumo-physiology clinic of the National University Hospital of Bangui in Central African Republic. Methods: This was a retrospective chart review study. Cases were represented by patients more than 18 years of age treated for MDR-TB and controls were patients with at least rifampicin-susceptible TB treated with first-line anti-TB regimen and who at the end of treatment were declared cured. The status of cured was exclusively applicable to non-MDR TB. Risk factors associated with MDR-TB were identified by multivariate analysis.Results: We included 70 cases and 140 controls. The median age was 35 years, IQR (22;46 years). The main factors associated with the occurrence of MDR-TB in multivariate analysis were male gender (0 R = 3.02 [1.89-3.99], p = 0.001), residence in a peri-urban/urban area (0 R = 3.06 [2.21-4.01], p = 0.002), history of previous TB treatment (0 R= 3.99 [2.77-4.25], p < 0.001) and the presence of multidrug-resistant TB in the family (0 R=1.86 [1.27-2.45], p = 0.021). Conclusion: The emergence of MDR-TB can be reduced by implementing appropriate strategies, such as preventive therapy in contacts of MDR-TB patients and detecting and appropriately treating MDR-TB patients to prevent further spread of infection.& COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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