Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Southwestern Colombia |
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| Authors: | Beatriz E. Ferro Luisa Maria Nieto Juan C. Rozo Liliana Forero Dick van Soolingen |
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| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Cali, Colombia (B.E. Ferro, L.M. Nieto, J.C. Rozo);;Secretaría Departamental de Salud del Valle del Cauca, Cali (L. Forero);;National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (D. van Soolingen);;University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (D. van Soolingen) |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria bacteria genotypes spoligotyping Beijing MDR XDR multidrug resistance Colombia dispatch |
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