A Genome-Focused Investigation Reveals the Emergence of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Related to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Amazon Region of Brazil.

ABSTRACT: A previous study in Pará, Northern Brazil, described a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a unique genotype (SIT2517/T1) associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). To improve our understanding of MDR-TB transmission dynamics of these strains within this region, we performed phenotypic and genotypic drug susceptibility testing (pDST/gDST), 24-loci mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU-VNTR) genotyping, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and geo-epidemiology analysis. Of the 28 SIT2517/T1 isolates, 19 (67.9%) could be genotyped by 24-loci MIRU-VNTR and 15 by WGS. All belonged to sublineage 4.1.1.3, distinct from other representative Lineage 4 isolates identified in Brazil. The MDR phenotype determined by pDST was confirmed by gDST, the latter also demonst

SUBMITTER: Conceicao EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11434004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature