Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
Research
Determinants of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Clusters, California, USA, 2004–2007
John Z. Metcalfe
, Elizabeth Y. Kim, S.-Y. Grace Lin, Adithya Cattamanchi, Peter Oh, Jennifer Flood, Philip C. Hopewell, and Midori Kato-Maeda
, Elizabeth Y. Kim, S.-Y. Grace Lin, Adithya Cattamanchi, Peter Oh, Jennifer Flood, Philip C. Hopewell, and Midori Kato-MaedaTable 3
Multivariate associations with sputum smear positivity in 102 MDR TB infections, California, USA, 2004–2007*
| Strain | OR (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|
| katG S315T | 0.28 (0.09–0.89) | 0.03 |
| Euro-American lineage† | 1.0 | – |
| East-Asian lineage | 0.31 (0.11–0.88) | 0.03 |
| Indo-Oceanic lineage | 0.22 (0.06–0.86) | 0.03 |
| Refugee status | 2.02 (0.43–9.45) | 0.37 |
*MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; S315T, serine-to-threonine substitution at position 315; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
†Reference.
