Transmissibility and potential for disease progression of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: prospective cohort study

This study (10,160 household contacts [HCs] of 3339 index patients) found HCs exposed to patients with multidrug resistant TB had 8% higher risk of infection by end of follow-up vs. HCs of patients with drug sensitive TB. Risk of TB disease did not differ among contacts in both groups.
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