Linkage of presumptive multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients to diagnostic and treatment services in Cambodia.

Setting: National Tuberculosis Programme, Cambodia.

Objective: In a cohort of TB patients, to ascertain the proportion of patients who fulfil the criteria for presumptive MDR-TB, assess whether they underwent investigation for MDR-TB, and the results of the culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST).

Methods: A cross sectional record review of TB patients registered for treatment between July-December 2011.