Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Dispatch
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Max R. O’Donnell
, Jennifer Zelnick, Lise Werner, Iqbal Master, Marian Loveday, C. Robert Horsburgh, and Nesri Padayatchi
, Jennifer Zelnick, Lise Werner, Iqbal Master, Marian Loveday, C. Robert Horsburgh, and Nesri PadayatchiTable A1
Trends in hospital admissions for MDR TB and XDR TB and HIV prevalence among adults >18 years admitted to King George V Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa*
| MDR TB patients | XDR TB patients | HIV prevalence† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of hospital admission | Male, no. (%), n = 2,150 | Female, no. (%), n = 1,987 | Male, no. (%), n = 155 | Female, no. (%), n = 222 | Male, no. (%), n = 1,083 | Female, no. (%), n = 1,431 |
| 2003 | 275 (59.8) | 185 (40.2) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 80 (51) | 64 (74) |
| 2004 | 231 (54.5) | 193 (45.5) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 82 (55) | 94 (72) |
| 2005 | 268 (51.6) | 251 (48.4) | 15 (41.7) | 21 (58.3) | 126 (63) | 159 (75) |
| 2006 | 321 (51.0) | 309 (49.0) | 29 (37.2) | 49 (62.3) | 143 (61) | 221 (76) |
| 2007 | 532 (50.9) | 514 (49.1) | 61 (44.5) | 76 (55.5) | 331 (66) | 432 (81) |
| 2008 | 523 (49.4) | 535 (50.61) | 45 (39.1) | 70 (60.9) | 321 (66) | 461 (81) |
| Cochran-Armitage test for trend, p value | <0.001 | 0.68 | <0.001 | 0.003
*MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. †HIV prevalence among MDR TB and XDR TB patients with known HIV test results. | ||
*MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
†HIV prevalence among MDR TB and XDR TB patients with known HIV test results.
