Drug-resistant tuberculosis among previously treated patients in Yangon, Myanmar

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2016 Sep;5(3):366-367. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.06.004. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Authors

Thanda Tun¹, Wint Wint Nyunt², Khin Zaw Latt², Ari Samaranayaka³, John A Crump⁴, Kyi Kyi Thinn⁵, Gregory M Cook⁶, Htin Lin Aung⁷

Affiliations

¹ National Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar.
² National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar.
³ Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
⁴ Center for International Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine, Yangon, Myanmar.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27847028
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.06.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Catalase / genetics
Catalase / metabolism
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / genetics
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / metabolism
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
Ethambutol / therapeutic use
Female
Gene Expression
Genome, Bacterial*
Humans
Isoniazid / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Myanmar
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / growth & development
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / metabolism
Recurrence
Rifampin / therapeutic use
Sputum / microbiology
Streptomycin / therapeutic use
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
Whole Genome Sequencing

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Bacterial Proteins
rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ethambutol
Catalase
katG protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Isoniazid
Rifampin
Streptomycin