Whole-genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Myanmar
byHtin Lin Aung, Thanda Tun, Danesh Moradigaravand, Claudio U Köser, Wint
Wint Nyunt, Si Thu Aung, Thandar Lwin, Kyi Kyi Thinn, John A Crump,
Julian Parkhill, Sharon J Peacock, Gregory M Cook, Philip C Hill
Research ArticleYear:2016
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Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 6 113-117
Abstract
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major health threat in Myanmar. An
initial study was conducted to explore the potential utility of
whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for the diagnosis and management of
drug-resistant TB in Myanmar. Fourteen multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
isolates were sequenced. Known resistance genes for a total of nine
antibiotics commonly used in the treatment of drug-susceptible and
multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in Myanmar were interrogated through
WGS. All 14 isolates were MDR-TB, consistent with the results of
phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST), and the Beijing lineage
predominated. Based on the results of WGS, 9 of the 14 isolates were
potentially resistant to at least one of the drugs used in the standard
MDR-TB regimen but for which phenotypic DST is not conducted in Myanmar.
This study highlights a need for the introduction of second-line DST
as …