Circulation of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Mexico

Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem worldwide. In Mexico, the extent of circulation of XDR-TB strains is unknown. Here, the drug-resistance patterns of TB isolates collected in Mexico between 2006 and 2008 were analyzed. Among 137 TB...

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Autores: Vazquez-Chacon, Carlos A., Martinez-Guarneros, Armando, Campos, Susana Balandrano, Herrera, Julieta Luna, Bäcker, Claudia, Rossi, Livia Maria Gonçalves [UNESP], Ruiz-Tovar, Karina, Fonseca-Coronado, Salvador, Carpio-Pedroza, Juan C., Vaughan, Gilberto, Escobar-Gutierrez, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/220355
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2014.174.178
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/220355
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MDR
Mexico
Pre-XDR
Tuberculosis
XDR
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Sumario:Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem worldwide. In Mexico, the extent of circulation of XDR-TB strains is unknown. Here, the drug-resistance patterns of TB isolates collected in Mexico between 2006 and 2008 were analyzed. Among 137 TB isolates, (58%) were classified as MDR exclusively, (33%) were Pre-XDR and (9%) were assigned as XDR. The results confirmed the circulation of Pre-XDR and XDR-TB in Mexico. Surveillance and drug-susceptibility testing should be improved in Mexico to monitor the circulation of XDR strains.

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