Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2013)

Primary Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 2 Regions, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation

  • Svetlana Zhdanova,
  • Scott K. Heysell,
  • Oleg Ogarkov,
  • Galina Boyarinova,
  • Galina Alexeeva,
  • Suporn Pholwat,
  • Elena Zorkaltseva,
  • Eric R. Houpt,
  • Eugeniy Savilov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.121108
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 10
pp. 1649 – 1652

Abstract

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Of 235 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients who had not received tuberculosis treatment in the Irkutsk oblast and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), eastern Siberia, 61 (26%) were multidrug resistant. A novel strain, S 256, clustered among these isolates and carried eis-related kanamycin resistance, indicating a need for locally informed diagnosis and treatment strategies.

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