Characterization of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases from Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Luisa Maria Nieto (1) , Beatriz E Ferro (1) , Sonia L Villegas (1) , Carolina Mehaffy (2) , Liliana Forero , Cesar Moreira , Nalin Rastogi (3) , Dick van Soolingen (4)

1 CIDEIM - Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas
2 CSU - Colorado State University [Fort Collins]
3 Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
4 Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory [RIVM]

Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), which is TB resistant to isoniazid and rifampin plus one fluoroquinolone and a second-line injectable drug, represents an obstacle for the treatment and control of TB. This paper presents data on molecular characterization of XDR-TB cases from Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Luisa Maria Nieto, Beatriz E Ferro, Sonia L Villegas, Carolina Mehaffy, Liliana Forero, et al.. Characterization of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases from Valle del Cauca, Colombia.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2012, 50 (12), pp.4185-7. ⟨10.1128/JCM.01946-12⟩. ⟨pasteur-00765835⟩