Drug-Susceptible and Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Single Patient
Baffoe-Bonnie A, Houpt ER, Turner L, Dodge D, Heysell SK
Emerging infectious diseases · 2019-11
Abstract
A patient who had initial infection with mixed strains of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was presumed to have acquired drug resistance before confirmation that sequential strains were genotypically distinct. Transmitted infection with mixed strains is likely underappreciated; identifying these infections requires spoligotyping and whole-genome sequencing.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Antitubercular Agents
- Treatment Outcome
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Adult
- Male