International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2001
Tuberculosis and drug resistance among patients seen at an AIDS Reference Center in São Paulo, Brazil.
To assess the frequency of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antituberculosis drugs and the factors associated with it among patients with tuberculosis (TB) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). ⋯ In this patient series, M. tuberculosis resistance was predominantly of the acquired type, and resistance was independently associated with previous treatment for TB and with duration of AIDS prior to TB exceeding 71 days.