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    Sources of multi-drug resistance in patients with previous isoniazid resistant tuberculosis identified using whole genome sequencing: A longitudinal cohort study.

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    Srinivasan, V; Ha, VTN; Vinh, DN; Thai, PVK; Ha, DTM; Lan, NH; Hai, HT; Walker, TM; Thu, DDA; Dunstan, SJ; ...
    Date
    2020-03-13
    Source Title
    Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Publisher
    Oxford University Press (OUP)
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Dunstan, Sarah
    Affiliation
    Doherty Institute
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    Journal Article
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    Srinivasan, V., Ha, V. T. N., Vinh, D. N., Thai, P. V. K., Ha, D. T. M., Lan, N. H., Hai, H. T., Walker, T. M., Thu, D. D. A., Dunstan, S. J., Thwaites, G. E., Ashton, P. M., Caws, M. & Thuong, N. T. T. (2020). Sources of multi-drug resistance in patients with previous isoniazid resistant tuberculosis identified using whole genome sequencing: A longitudinal cohort study.. Clin Infect Dis, 71 (10), pp.e532-e539. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa254.
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    Open Access
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252022
    DOI
    10.1093/cid/ciaa254
    Open Access at PMC
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744982
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: Meta-analysis of patients with isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis given standard first-line anti-tuberculosis treatment indicated an increased risk of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) emerging (8%), compared to drug-sensitive tuberculosis (0.3%). Here we use whole genome sequencing (WGS) to investigate whether treatment of patients with pre-existing isoniazid resistant disease with first-line anti-tuberculosis therapy risks selecting for rifampicin resistance, and hence MDR-TB. METHODS: Patients with isoniazid-resistant pulmonary TB were recruited and followed up for 24 months. Drug-susceptibility testing was performed by Microscopic observation drug-susceptibility assay (MODS), Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) and by WGS on isolates at first presentation and in the case of re-presentation. Where MDR-TB was diagnosed, WGS was used to determine the genomic relatedness between initial and subsequent isolates. De novo emergence of MDR-TB was assumed where the genomic distance was five or fewer single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) whereas reinfection with a different MDR-TB strain was assumed where the distance was 10 or more SNPs. RESULTS: 239 patients with isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis were recruited. Fourteen (14/239, 5.9%) patients were diagnosed with a second episode of tuberculosis that was multi-drug resistant. Six (6/239, 2.5%) were identified as having evolved MDR-TB de novo and six as having been re-infected with a different strain. In two cases the genomic distance was between 5-10 SNPs and therefore indeterminate. CONCLUSIONS: In isoniazid-resistant TB, de novo emergence and reinfection of MDR-TB strains equally contributed to MDR development. Early diagnosis and optimal treatment of isoniazid resistant TB are urgently needed to avert the de novo emergence of MDR-TB during treatment.

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