High initial multidrug-resistant tuberculosis rate in Buenaventura, Colombia: a public-private initiative.

Sonia L Villegas (1) , Beatriz E Ferro (1) , Carlos M Perez-Velez , Cesar A Moreira , Liliana Forero , Ernesto Martínez , Nalin Rastogi (2) , Jose Antonio Caminero (3)

1 CIDEIM - Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas
2 Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
3 MDR-TB Unit Coordinator

From the total of 73 MDR-TB isolates, DNA could be extracted from 68 (93.1%). Among 10 genotypes identified, a specific Beijing family genotype SIT190 represented a cluster of 22 cases (20 from Buenaventura). Eight of 20 Beijing strains were involved in a cluster of new cases, suggesting recent ongoing transmission.

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

Sonia L Villegas, Beatriz E Ferro, Carlos M Perez-Velez, Cesar A Moreira, Liliana Forero, et al.. High initial multidrug-resistant tuberculosis rate in Buenaventura, Colombia: a public-private initiative.. European Respiratory Journal, 2012, 40 (6), pp.1569-72. ⟨10.1183/09031936.00018212⟩. ⟨pasteur-00765839⟩