Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Southwestern Colombia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1259-62. doi: 10.3201/eid1707.101797.

Abstract

Using spoligotyping, we identified 13 genotypes and 17 orphan types among 160 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The Beijing genotype represented 15.6% of the isolates and was correlated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, female sex of the patients, and residence in Buenaventura and may represent a new public health threat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques / methods*
  • Child
  • Colombia
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / isolation & purification
  • Public Health
  • Rifampin / administration & dosage
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin