Factsheet 2022: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Americas

In the Americas in 2020

• The proportion of RR-TB cases studied for fluoroquinolone resistance decreased to 29% compared to 53% in the previous year.
• 210 cases of XDR-TB* were diagnosed and notified by 14 countries. The countries with the highest number were Peru (116 cases), Brazil (33 cases) and Mexico (22 cases).