Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in a Rural Setting, Angola

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;24(3):569-572. doi: 10.3201/eid2403.171562.

Abstract

We found high prevalence rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among retreatment patients (71.1%) and persons with new cases (8.0%) in Angola. These findings are of concern but should be interpreted with caution. A national drug-resistance survey is urgently needed to determine the actual prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Angola.

Keywords: Angola; Cubal; GenoType MTBDRplus; MDR; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; TB; XDR; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; bacterial infection; drug susceptibility testing; extensive drug resistance; extensive drug resistant; multidrug resistance; multidrug resistant; resistance; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angola / epidemiology
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Rural Population*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents