Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

To analyze the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and mutations related to multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, we conducted a prospective case–control study. Our findings reinforce the value of incorporating already standardized molecular methods for rapidly detecting resistance.

Keywords

• Tuberculosis
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• molecular epidemiology
• drug resistance
• Argentina
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis