Lin HH, Shin SS, Con­tr­eras C, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. May 2012. doi:10.3201/eid1805.111467.
Avail­able at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/5/11-1467_article.htm

Abstract. To deter­mine whether spa­tiotem­po­ral infor­ma­tion could help pre­dict mul­tidrug resis­tance at the time of tuber­cu­lo­sis diag­no­sis, we inves­ti­gated tuber­cu­lo­sis patients who under­went drug sus­cep­ti­bil­ity test­ing in Lima, Peru, dur­ing 2005–2007. We found that crude rep­re­sen­ta­tion of spa­tial loca­tion at the level of the health cen­ter improved pre­dic­tion of mul­tidrug resistance