Use of Spatial Information to Predict Multidrug Resistance in Tuberculosis Patients, Peru

作者:Lin Hsien Ho; Shin Sonya S; Contreras Carmen; Asencios Luis; Paciorek Christopher J; Cohen Ted*
来源:Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, 18(5): 811-813.
DOI:10.3201/eid1805.111467

摘要

To determine whether spatiotemporal information could help predict multidrug resistance at the time of tuberculosis diagnosis, we investigated tuberculosis patients who underwent drug susceptibility testing in Lima, Peru, during 2005-2007. We found that crude representation of spatial location at the level of the health center improved prediction of multidrug resistance.

  • 出版日期2012-5