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| Title |
Genotypic characterization of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quebec, 2002-2012
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12866-016-0786-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joanna Spinato, Élyse Boivin, Émilie Bélanger-Trudelle, Huguette Fauchon, Cécile Tremblay, Hafid Soualhine |
| Abstract |
The increasing emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis presents a threat to the effective control of tuberculosis (TB). Rapid detection of drug-resistance is more important than ever to address this scourge. The purpose of this study was to genotypically characterize the first-line antitubercular drug-resistant isolates collected over 11 years in Quebec. The main mutations found in our resistant strains collection (n = 225) include: the S315T substitution in katG (50.2 %), the -15 C/T mutation in the inhA promoter (29 %); the S531L substitution in rpoB (43 %); the deletion 8 bp 446 / + R140S in pncA (72.9 %); the M306I (35.7 %) and M306V (21.4 %) substitutions in embB. Ten of the mutations in katG and 4 mutations identified in pncA were previously undescribed. Screening of mutations conferring resistance to first-line antituberculous drugs using DNA-sequencing approach seems to be feasible and would drastically shorten the time to determine the resistance profile compared to the proportion method. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 20% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 13% |
| Researcher | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 23% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 July 2016.
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