Joseph Yamweka Chizimu, Eddie Samuneti Solo, Precious Bwalya, Thoko Flav Kapalamula, Kaemba Kunkuta Mwale, David Squarre, Misheck Shawa, Patrick Lungu, David Atomanyi Barnes, Kaunda Yamba, Tiza Mufune, Herman Chambaro, Harvey Kamboyi, Musso Munyeme, Bernard Mudenda Hang'ombe, Nathan Kapata, Victor Mukonka, Roma Chilengi, Jeewan Thapa, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki
The emergence of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB) is a threat to TB control programs in developing countries such as Zambia. Studies in Zambia have applied molecular techniques to understand drug-resistance-associated mutations, circulating lineages and transmission patterns of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis . However, none has reported genotypes and mutations associated with pre-XDR TB. This study characterized 63 drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains from the University Teaching Hospital between 2018 and 2019 using targeted gene sequencing and conveniently selected 50 strains for whole genome sequencing...
June 29, 2023: Antibiotics