M. A. Rifat|Abul Hasnat Milton|John Hall|Christopher Oldmeadow|Md. Akramul Islam|Ashaque Husain|Md. Wahiduzzaman Akhanda|Bodrun Naher Siddiquea
Development of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Bangladesh: A Case-Control Study on Risk Factors
University of Newcastle Australia|BRAC|University of Newcastle Australia|University of Newcastle Australia|University of Newcastle Australia|BRAC|Directorate General of Health Services|National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases|BRAC
determine risk factors developing multidrug resistant tuberculosis bangladeshthis casecontrol study set central district subdistrict level hospitals rural urban bangladesh included 250 multidrug resistant tuberculosis mdrtb patients cases 750 drug susceptible tuberculosis patients controls recruited cases three government hospitals treating mdrtb bangladesh study period controls selected randomly local treatment units referred cases information collected facetoface interviews record reviews unadjusted multivariable logistic regression used analyse dataprevious treatment history shown major contributing factor mdrtb univariate analysis adjusting factors multivariable analysis age group 1825 177 ci 107293 2645 172 ci 112266 level education 194 ci 132285 service business occupation 288 ci 129644 371 ci 159866 respectively smoking history 158 ci 09925 type 2 diabetes 256 ci 151434 associated mdrtb previous treatment included multivariable analysis correlated multiple predictorsprevious tuberculosis treatment found major risk factor mdrtb study also identified age 18 45 years education secondary level service business occupation past smoking status type 2 diabetes comorbid illness risk factors national tuberculosis programme address risk factors mdrtb control strategy integration mdrtb control activities diabetes tobacco control programmes needed bangladesh