Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Dispatch
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2001–2007
Kristina Wallengren
, Fabio Scano, Paul Nunn, Bruce Margot, Sandile S.S. Buthelezi, Brian Williams, Alexander Pym, Elisabeth Y. Samuel, Fuad Mirzayev, Wilfred Nkhoma, Lindiwe Mvusi, and Yogan Pillay
, Fabio Scano, Paul Nunn, Bruce Margot, Sandile S.S. Buthelezi, Brian Williams, Alexander Pym, Elisabeth Y. Samuel, Fuad Mirzayev, Wilfred Nkhoma, Lindiwe Mvusi, and Yogan PillayTable
Cases of MDR and XDR TB, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2007*
| District | All TB cases | MDR TB cases | XDR TB cases | MDR/all TB cases, % | XDR/MDR cases, % (95% CI) | No. MDR cases/ 100,000 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eThekwini | 45,019 | 1,014 | 64 | 2.3 | 6.3 (4.9–8.0) | 31.7 |
| Ugu | 10,618 | 226 | 9 | 2.1 | 4.0 (1.8–7.4) | 31.0 |
| uMgungundlovu | 10,687 | 247 | 36 | 2.3 | 14.6 (10.4–19.6) | 25.7 |
| uThukela | 6,129 | 69 | 8 | 1.1 | 11.6 (5.1–21.6) | 10.1 |
| Umzinyathi | 5,522 | 226 | 120 | 4.1 | 53.1 (46.4–59.7) | 47.8 |
| Amajuba | 3,578 | 61 | 2 | 1.7 | 3.3 (0.4–11.3) | 12.6 |
| Zululand | 8,478 | 171 | 6 | 2.0 | 3.5 (1.3–7.5) | 20.5 |
| Umkhanyakude | 6,991 | 337 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.2 (0.3–3.0) | 56.8 |
| Uthungulu | 11,876 | 233 | 11 | 2.0 | 4.7 (2.4–8.3) | 25.4 |
| iLembe | 5,007 | 118 | 6 | 2.4 | 5.1 (1.9–10.7) | 20.3 |
| Sisonke | 5,313 | 61 | 4 | 1.1 | 6.6 (1.8–15.9) | 12.9 |
| Total | 119,218 | 2,799 | 270 | 2.3 | 9.6 (8.6–10.8) | 28.2
*MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis; CI, confidence interval. *MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis; CI, confidence interval. *MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis; CI, confidence interval. |
*MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis; CI, confidence interval.
