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

Artículos de revistas

Fecha

2014-01-01

Registro en:

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 10, n. 4, p. 177-181, 2014.

1553-6203

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/220286

10.3844/ajidsp.2014.177.181

2-s2.0-84920952568

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5400415

Autor

Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud

Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Estado de México

Institución

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Resumen

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.

Materias

MDR

Mexico

Pre-XDR

Tuberculosis

XDR

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