Imperial College London
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Professor Francis Drobniewski

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Chair in Global Health and Tuberculosis
 
 
 
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@article{Kontsevaya:2016:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.016,
author = {Kontsevaya, I and Nikolayevskyy, V and Kovalyov, A and Ignatyeva, O and Sadykhova, A and Simak, T and Tikhonova, O and Dubrovskaya, Y and Vasiliauskiene, E and Davidaviciene, E and Skenders, G and Makurina, O and Balabanova, Y and Drobniewski, F},
doi = {10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.016},
journal = {Infection Genetics and Evolution},
pages = {76--82},
title = {Tuberculosis cases caused by heterogeneous infection in Eastern Europe and their influence on outcomes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.016},
volume = {48},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium tuberculosis superinfection is known to occur in areas with high rates of tuberculosis (TB) and has a significant impact on overall clinical TB management. AIM: We aimed to estimate the superinfection rate in cohorts of drug sensitive and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) patients from Eastern Europe and the potential role of a second MDR TB strain infecting a patient with active non-MDR TB in treatment outcome. METHODS: The study population included 512 serial M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from 84 MDR- and 136 non-MDR TB patients recruited sequentially at sites in Lithuania, Latvia and Russia in 2011-2013. Strains were genotyped using standardized 24-loci Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing. RESULTS: Changes in two or more MIRU-VNTR loci suggesting superinfection were detected in 13 patients (5.9%). We found 4 initially non-MDR TB patients superinfected with an MDR TB strain during treatment and 3 of them had an unsuccessful outcome. CONCLUSIONS: An unsuccessful treatment outcome in patients initially diagnosed with drug sensitive TB might be explained by superinfection with an MDR TB strain. Bacteriological reversion could be indicative of superinfection with another strain. Archiving of all serial isolates and their genotyping in case of culture reversion could support therapeutic strategies in high MDR TB burden settings if resources are available.
AU  - Kontsevaya,I
AU  - Nikolayevskyy,V
AU  - Kovalyov,A
AU  - Ignatyeva,O
AU  - Sadykhova,A
AU  - Simak,T
AU  - Tikhonova,O
AU  - Dubrovskaya,Y
AU  - Vasiliauskiene,E
AU  - Davidaviciene,E
AU  - Skenders,G
AU  - Makurina,O
AU  - Balabanova,Y
AU  - Drobniewski,F
DO  - 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.016
EP  - 82
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1567-1348
SP  - 76
TI  - Tuberculosis cases caused by heterogeneous infection in Eastern Europe and their influence on outcomes
T2  - Infection Genetics and Evolution
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.016
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27998730
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/44104
VL  - 48
ER  -
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