Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain type on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis severity, Republic of Moldova

Elena Chesov; Dumitru Chesov; Maja Reimann; Viola Dreyer; Christian Utpatel; Matthias I Gröschel; Nelly Ciobanu; Valeriu Crudu; Christoph Lange; Jan Heyckendorf; Matthias Merker

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2023.10.001

Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain type on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis severity, Republic of Moldova

J Infect. 2023 Dec;87(6):588-591. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.10.001. Epub 2023 Oct 10.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Chiril Draganiuc Phthisiopneumology Institute, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Division of Clinical Infectious Disease, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
² Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Chiril Draganiuc Phthisiopneumology Institute, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Division of Clinical Infectious Disease, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Riems-Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
³ Division of Clinical Infectious Disease, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Riems-Borstel, Borstel, Germany; Respiratory Medicine & International Health, University of Lübeck, Germany.
⁴ German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Riems-Borstel, Borstel, Germany; Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charite ́ - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Chiril Draganiuc Phthisiopneumology Institute, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
⁷ Division of Clinical Infectious Disease, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Riems-Borstel, Borstel, Germany; Respiratory Medicine & International Health, University of Lübeck, Germany; Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children´s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁸ Clinic for Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Germany.
⁹ Evolution of the Resistome, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany. Electronic address: mmerker@fz-borstel.de.

PMID: 37827458
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.10.001

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Moldova / epidemiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / genetics
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / epidemiology

Substances

Antitubercular Agents