MDR M. tuberculosis outbreak clone in Eswatini missed by Xpert has elevated bedaquiline resistance dated to the pre-treatment era.
Patrick Beckert,
Elisabeth Sanchez-Padilla,
Matthias Merker,
Viola Dreyer,
Thomas A Kohl,
Christian Utpatel,
Claudio U Köser,
Ivan Barilar,
Nazir Ismail,
Shaheed Vally Omar,
Marisa Klopper,
Robin M Warren,
Harald Hoffmann,
Gugu Maphalala,
Elisa Ardizzoni,
Bouke C de Jong,
Bernhard Kerschberger,
Birgit Schramm,
Sönke Andres,
Katharina Kranzer,
Florian P Maurer,
Maryline Bonnet,
Stefan Niemann
Nov 25, 2020
BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains not detected by commercial molecular drug susceptibility testing (mDST) assays due to the RpoB I491F resistance mutation are threatening the...