Article
Dynamics of Extensive Drug Resistance Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Single Patient During 9 Years of Disease and Treatment.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2022
Hjort Karin, Jurén Pontus, Toro Juan Carlos, Hoffner Sven, Andersson Dan I, Sandegren Linus
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the hardest to treat bacterial pathogens with a high capacity to develop antibiotic resistance by mutations. Here we have performed whole-genome sequencing of consecutive M. tuberculosis isolates obtained during 9 years from a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis. The infecting strain was isoniazid resistant and during treatment it stepwise accumulated resistance mutations to 8...
Topics
- Antitubercular Agents
- Drug Resistance
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Humans
- Isoniazid
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
