Multidrug-resistant Myobacterium tuberculosis caused by the Beijing genotype and a specific T1 genotype clone (SIT No. 266) is widely transmitted in Minsk

International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Aksana ZalutskayaSven E Hoffner

Abstract

This study was performed in the city of Minsk in Belarus, where a very severe problem with MDR-TB was demonstrated in a recent drug resistant survey. The aim of this study was to use molecular typing of MDR and pan-susceptible clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to increase the understanding of the transmission patterns and possible differences between the strains causing susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis. Consecutive isolates from pulmonary TB patients in Minsk were collected at the Belarusian National Reference Laboratory. Isolates found to be either pan-susceptible or MDR were included in the study, which totally comprised 81 MDR and 82 pan-susceptible clinical isolates. All isolates were characterized by spoligotyping. The major clusters were characterized using sequencing of the pncA gene. Three out of four MDR cases were caused by one out of two drug-resistant clones of M. tuberculosis belonging to the Beijing and T1 genotypes, respectively. A single T1 clone, SIT No. 266, found exclusively in the MDR cohort, was shown to cause no less than 30% of all MDR-TB cases. The findings indicate that the major cause of MDR-TB in Minsk is an ongoing transmission of certain already resistant M. tuberculosis str...Continue Reading

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Dec 1, 2013·International Journal of Mycobacteriology·Sven Erik Hoffner
May 19, 2016·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Igor MokrousovOlga Narvskaya
Nov 2, 2017·The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy·Anna VyazovayaIgor Mokrousov

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