Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Côte d'Ivoire from 1995 to 2016: Results of National Surveys.

Setting: Tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey was conducted in 2016-2017 to estimate the burden of drug-resistant TB in Côte d'Ivoire.

Design: A cross-sectional cluster-based survey was conducted. All eligible smear positive patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to collect clinical and sociodemographic information and tested by the Xpert /rifampicin (MTB/RIF) assay.