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ArticleBMC microbiology2014

Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance in different provinces of Papua New Guinea.

Serej D Ley, Paul Harino, Kilagi Vanuga, Ruben Kamus, Robyn Carter, Christopher Coulter, Sushil Pandey, Julia Feldmann, Marie Ballif, Peter M Siba and 3 more

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Serej D LeySwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. serej.ley@unibas.ch.
Paul HarinoPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. nuen09@gmail.com.
Kilagi VanugaGoroka Provincial Hospital, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Kilagi.Vanuga@oktedi.com.
Ruben KamusAlotau Provincial Hospital, Alotau, Papua New Guinea. ruben.kamus@hotmail.com.
Robyn CarterQueensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Robyn.Carter@health.qld.gov.au.
Christopher CoulterQueensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Chris.Coulter@health.qld.gov.au.
Sushil PandeyQueensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Sushil.Pandey@health.qld.gov.au.
Julia FeldmannSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. julia.feldmann@unibas.ch.
Marie BallifSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. mballif@ispm.unibe.ch.
Peter M SibaPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. peter.siba@pngimr.org.pg.
Suparat PhuanukoonnonPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. suparatp@hotmail.com.
Sebastien GagneuxSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. sebastien.gagneux@unibas.ch.
Hans-Peter BeckSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. hans-peter.beck@unibas.ch.
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research · PGQueensland Health · AUAmerican Occupational Therapy Association · USGoroka Base Hospital · PG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPapua New Guinea (PNG) is a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country of the WHO Western Pacific Region, but so far research on drug resistance (DR) and genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) was only conducted in few provinces in the country. The aim of the present study was to obtain baseline data on the level of drug resistance and the genotypic diversity of circulating M. tuberculosis in additional provinces and to investigate the differences between three selected sites across PNG.

resultsGenotyping of 147 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates collected in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, in Alotau, Milne Bay Province and in Madang, Madang Province revealed three main lineages of M. tuberculosis: Lineage 4 (European-American lineage), Lineage 2 (East-Asian lineage) and Lineage 1 (Indo-Oceanic lineage). All three lineages were detected in all three sites, but the individual lineage compositions varied significantly between sites. In Madang Lineage 4 was the most prevalent lineage (76.6%), whereas in Goroka and Alotau Lineage 2 was dominating (60.5% and 84.4%, respectively) (p < 0.001). Overall, phenotypic drug susceptibility testing showed 10.8% resistance to at least one of the first-line drugs tested. Of all resistant strains (23/212) 30.4% were Streptomycin mono-resistant, 17.4% were Isoniazid mono-resistant and 13% were Rifampicin mono-resistant. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB was found in 2.8% of all tested cases (6/212). The highest amount of MDR TB was found in Alotau in Milne Bay Province (4.6%).

conclusionA large number of drug resistant TB infections are present in the country and MDR TB has already been detected in all three surveyed regions of PNG, highlighting the importance of monitoring drug resistance and making it a high priority for the National Control Program. Due to the high prevalence of Lineage 2 in Milne Bay Province and given the frequent association of this lineage with drug resistance, monitoring of the latter should especially be scaled up in that province.

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Drug Resistance, BacterialGenetic VariationAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntitubercular AgentsFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedMolecular TypingMycobacterium tuberculosisPapua New GuineaAntitubercular Agents

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PMCPMC4264550
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