Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Dispatch
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Somalis in Minnesota1
R. Bryan Rock*†, Wendy M. Sutherland‡, Cristina Baker*†, and David N. Williams*†
Table
Characteristics of 239 Somali patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Minnesota, 1993–2003*
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| <15 | 20 (8) |
| 15–24 | 102 (43) |
| 25–44 | 99 (41) |
| 45–64 | 10 (4) |
| >65 | 8 (3) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 111(46) |
| Female | 128 (54) |
| Immigration status | |
| Refugee | 178 (74) |
| Other immigrant | 16 (7) |
| Other/unknown | 45 (19) |
| TST status (n = 210) | |
| Positive | 201 (96) |
| Negative | 9 (4) |
| HIV status (n = 179) | |
| Positive | 2 (1) |
| Negative | 177 (99) |
| Culture status, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 239) | |
| Positive | 197 (82) |
| Negative | 42 (18) |
| Drug resistance (n = 197) | |
| Any first-line drug† | 35 (18) |
| INH | 32 (16) |
| RIF | 5 (3) |
| EMB | 4 (2) |
| PZA | 4(2) |
| MDRTB‡ | 5 (3) |
*TST, tuberculin skin test; INH, isoniazid; RIF, rifampin; EMB, ethambutol; PZA, pyrazinamide; MDRTB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
†INH, RIF, EMB, PZA.
‡Resistant to at least INH and RIF.
1Presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America 41st Annual Meeting [abstract 414], October 9–12, 2003, San Diego, California, USA.
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