Possible outbreak of streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing in Benin

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul;15(7):1123-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1507.080697.

Abstract

Using geographic information system and molecular tools, we characterized a possible outbreak of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strain in 17 patients in Cotonou, Benin, during July 2005-October 2006. Most patients lived or worked in the same area and frequented the same local drinking bar. The isolates were streptomycin resistant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benin / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Streptomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / genetics
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Streptomycin