International spread of MDR TB from Tugela Ferry, South Africa

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;17(11):2035-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110291.

Abstract

We describe a death associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV infection outside Africa that can be linked to Tugela Ferry (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), the town most closely associated with the regional epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis. This case underscores the international relevance of this regional epidemic, particularly among health care workers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Choroid Diseases / pathology
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • South Africa / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases