The Recent Transmission and Associated Risk Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Golmud City, China.
Infect Drug Resist
; 17: 417-425, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a severe public health problem globally, and it is essential to comprehend the transmission pattern to control tuberculosis. Herein, we evaluated the drug-resistant characteristics, recent transmission, and associated risk factors of TB in Golmud, Qinghai, China.Methods:
In this study, we performed a population-based study of patients diagnosed with TB in Golmud from 2013 to 2018. Drug-susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing were performed on 133 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The genomic clustering rate was calculated to evaluate the level of recent transmission. Risk factors were identified by logistic regression analysis.Results:
Our results showed that 46.97% (62/132) of strains were phylogenetically clustered and formed into 23 transmission clusters, suggesting a high recent transmission of TB in the area. 12.78% (17/133) strains were multidrug-resistant/rifampicin tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB), with a high drug-resistant burden. Based on drug resistance gene analysis, we found 23 strains belonging to genotype MDR/RR-TB, where some strains may have borderline mutations. Among these strains, 65.2% (15/23) were found within putative transmission clusters. Additionally, risk factor analysis showed that recent transmission of TB happened more in patients with Tibetan nationality or older age.Conclusion:
Overall our study indicates that the recent transmissions of MTB strains, especially genotypic MDR/RR strains, drive the tuberculosis epidemic in Golmud, which could contribute to developing effective TB prevention and control strategies.
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Infect Drug Resist
Year:
2024
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Article