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Volume 18, Number 11—November 2012
Research

HIV Infection and Geographically Bound Transmission of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Argentina

Viviana RitaccoComments to Author , Beatriz López, Marta Ambroggi, Domingo Palmero, Bernardo Salvadores, Elida Gravina, Eduardo Mazzeo, Susana Imaz, Lucía Barrera, and National TB Laboratory Network
Author affiliations: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán,” Buenos Aires, Argentina (V. Ritacco, B. López, E. Mazzeo, L. Barrera); Hospital “Dr. F.J. Muñiz,” Buenos Aires (M. Ambroggi, D. Palmero); Programa Provincial de Tuberculosis, Santa Fe, Argentina (B. Salvadores); Hospital Zonal General Agudos “Dr. Diego Paroissien,” La Matanza, Argentina (E. Gravina); and Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Dr. Emilio Coni” ANLIS “Dr Carlos G Malbran,” Santa Fe (S. Imaz)

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Table 5

Predictors for being in cluster M among 438 patients with multidrug-resistant TB who were in clusters of >15 patients, Argentina, 2003–2009*

Characteristic No. patients % Patients in M cluster Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)†
Age, y, n = 347

16–45

 288 50.7 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 1.4 (0.5–4.3)

>45

 59 52.5 1 1
Country of birth, n = 302

Argentina

 275 51.0 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 0.6 (0.1–2.3)

Other

 27 74.1 1 1
HIV status, n = 360

Positive

 194 60.3 1.6 (1.0–2.4) 1.4 (0.6–3.3)

Negative

 166 49.4 1 1
Previous TB treatment, n = 304

Yes

 160 47.5 1.0 (0.7–1.6) 0.8 (0.4–1.8)

No

 144 46.5 1 1
Hospital exposure‡

Yes

 86 72.1 2.9 (1.7–4.8) 2.6 (1.0–6.8)

No

 352 47.2 1 1
Isolate resistant to

>5 drugs

 207 88.4 31.5 (18.4–53.9) 22.7 (10.1–50.9)

<5 drugs

 231 19.5 1 1

*Boldface indicates significance. TB, tuberculosis; OR, odds ratio.
†Overall model fit p < 0.0001. Hosmer & Lemeshow test p = 0.899, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.854.
‡Previous hospitalization(s), concomitant condition, or health care worker.

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1Additional members of the National TB Laboratory Network who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.

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