ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2013
Increase in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Alberta among foreign-born persons: implications for tuberculosis management.
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- Effects of Fluroquinolones in Newly Diagnosed, Sputum-Positive Tuberculosis Therapy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Dimensions of poverty as risk factors for antimicrobial resistant organisms in Canada: a structured narrative review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022Review
- Risk factors for drug-resistant tuberculosis at a referral centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 2010-2016.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2020Article
- Antibiotic sensitivity ofJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2020Article
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 2011-2016: patient characteristics and risk factors.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2020Article
- Towards the elimination of paediatric tuberculosis in high-income, immigrant-receiving countries: a 25-year conventional and molecular epidemiological case study.ERJ open research · 2018Article
- Association between tobacco smoking and drug-resistant tuberculosis.Infection and drug resistance · 2018Review
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- A 39-year-old female immigrant with chronic diarrhea.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2014Article
- Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Canada 1997-2008: demographic and disease characteristics.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesGlobally, the prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance has been increasing. This study sought to identify trends in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among foreign-born persons in Alberta, a major immigrant-receiving province of Canada.
methodsA retrospective cohort study design was used to investigate the prevalence of MDR-TB in foreign-born culture-positive TB cases between 1982 and 2011. Relevant demographic, clinical and laboratory data were abstracted from the TB Registry, individual medical records and the Provincial Laboratory for Public Health.
resultsOf the 2,234 foreign-born culture-positive TB cases in Alberta in 1982-2011, 27 (1.2%) had MDR-TB. Overall, MDR was associated with age <65 years (p=0.025), TB relapse/retreatment, and diagnosis and arrival in the last decade (2002-2011). The prevalence of MDR-TB in 2002-2011 was 2.1%, a significant increase from 0.65% in 1982-1991 (p=0.022) and 0.56% in 1992-2001 (p=0.009). Only immigrants from the Philippines and Vietnam showed a significant increase in the prevalence of MDR-TB between the first two decades and the last. Compared to MDR-TB cases reported in the first two decades, those reported in the last decade were more frequently younger than 35 years of age, new active versus relapse/retreatment cases and diagnosed with non-respiratory versus respiratory TB. In 1992-2011, MDR-TB strains had unique DNA fingerprints.
conclusionsRecent trends in the prevalence and clinical characteristics of foreign-born MDR-TB cases have important implications for TB case management in Canada. Early diagnosis of MDR-TB, using genotypic drug susceptibility testing, is suggested in foreign-born TB cases at increased risk of being MDR.
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