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