Sex differences in the global burden of multidrug- resistant tuberculosis without extensive drug resistance in the general population and people living with HIV/AIDS, 1990-2019.

Males had more cases and deaths due to MDR-TB without XDR than females in HIV-negative patients, while females faced a higher incidence and mortality in HIV/AIDS-MDR-TB without XDR. Interventions are needed to deal with such factors, which increase the burden of coinfection among females across the world.