TY - JOUR AU - Rando-Segura, Ariadna AU - Aznar, María Luisa AU - Moreno, María Milagros AU - Espasa, Mateu AU - Sulleiro, Elena AU - Bocanegra, Cristina AU - Gil, Eva AU - Eugénio, Arlete N.E. AU - Escartin, Carlos AU - Zacarias, Adriano AU - Vegue, Josep AU - Katimba, Domingos AU - Vivas, María Carmen AU - Gabriel, Estevao AU - Marina, María Concepción AU - Mendioroz, Jacobo AU - López, María Teresa AU - Pumarola, Tomas AU - Molina, Israel AU - Tórtola, María Teresa T1 - Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in a Rural Setting, Angola T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 3 SP - 569 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We found high prevalence rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among retreatment patients (71.1%) and persons with new cases (8.0%) in Angola. These findings are of concern but should be interpreted with caution. A national drug-resistance survey is urgently needed to determine the actual prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Angola. KW - Angola KW - Cubal KW - GenoType MTBDRplus VER 2.0 KW - drug susceptibility testing KW - resistance KW - multidrug resistance KW - extensive drug resistance KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - TB KW - tuberculosis KW - bacteria KW - bacterial infection KW - GenoType MTBDRplus KW - multidrug resistant KW - MDR KW - extensive drug resistant KW - XDR KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - antimicrobial resistance DO - 10.3201/eid2403.171562 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-1562_article ER - End of Reference