MDRTB Diet data

Despite evidence as to the role of nutrition in TB infection and disease, there remains limited understanding of the role of modifiable nutritional factors such as diet quality and nutrient adequacy, particularly as these factors pertain to risk of MDR-TB. Understanding the links between diet and disease is important for informing nutritional interventions to control TB, especially in high-TB burden populations that are highly malnourished and among which widespread drug resistance calls for a more holistic approach in both clinical and public health settings. To investigate these links, this study sought to multifacetedly evaluate and compare the diets of MDR-TB cases, household controls, and community controls in a slum-dwelling population of Mumbai and establish a foundation for research and programmatic efforts to combat TB in urban India.