Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008
Research
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak among US-bound Hmong Refugees, Thailand, 2005
John E. Oeltmann
, Jay K. Varma, Luis Ortega, Yecai Liu, Thomas O’Rourke, Maria Cano, Theresa A. Harrington, Sean Toney, Warren Jones, Samart Karuchit, Lois Diem, Dhanida Rienthong, Jordan W. Tappero, Kashef Ijaz, and Susan A. Maloney
, Jay K. Varma, Luis Ortega, Yecai Liu, Thomas O’Rourke, Maria Cano, Theresa A. Harrington, Sean Toney, Warren Jones, Samart Karuchit, Lois Diem, Dhanida Rienthong, Jordan W. Tappero, Kashef Ijaz, and Susan A. Maloney
Table 1
Demographic and disease characteristics among Hmong refugees with tuberculosis, Thailand, February 2005*
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Total |
272 (100) |
| Sex | |
| F | 112 (41.2) |
| M |
160 (58.8) |
| Age, y | |
| <15 | 21 (7.7) |
| 15–64 | 153 (56.3) |
| >65 |
98 (36.0) |
| Culture results | |
| Positive | 57 (21.0) |
| Negative | 185 (68.0) |
| Unknown |
30 (11.0) |
| DST results | |
| MDR TB | 24 (8.8) |
| Other patterns | 9 (3.3) |
| Pansusceptible |
24 (8.8) |
| Smear results | |
| Ever positive | 34 (12.5) |
| Always negative | 213 (78.3) |
| Unknown | 25 (9.2) |
*DST, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-susceptibility test results; MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
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