TY - JOUR AU - Metcalfe, John AU - Makumbirofa, Salome AU - Makamure, Beauty AU - Sandy, Charles AU - Bara, Wilbert AU - Mungofa, Stanley AU - Hopewell, Philip AU - Mason, Peter T1 - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in High-Risk Groups, Zimbabwe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 135 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To estimate prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2012, we performed microbiologic testing on acid-fast bacilli smear-positive sputum samples from patients previously treated for TB. Twenty (24%) of 84 specimens were consistent with MDR TB. A national drug-resistance survey is needed to determine MDR TB prevalence in Zimbabwe. KW - drug-resistant tuberculosis KW - HIV/TB KW - retreatment tuberculosis KW - Zimbabwe KW - mycobacteria KW - tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - bacteria KW - MDR TB DO - 10.3201/eid2001.130732 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0732_article ER - End of Reference