Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, the Netherlands

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;9(10):1310-3. doi: 10.3201/eid0910.020743.

Abstract

To determine whether the Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is emerging in the Netherlands, we collected data on 6,829 patients during 1993 to 2000. Six percent had the Beijing genotype. This genotype was associated with diagnosis in recent years, young age, nationality, and multidrug resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Registries
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology