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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2015

Epidemiologic Correlates of Pyrazinamide-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City.

Dawn Verdugo, Dorothy Fallows, Shama Ahuja, Neil Schluger, Barry Kreiswirth, Barun Mathema

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Dawn VerdugoPublic Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Dorothy FallowsPublic Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Shama AhujaBureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, USA.
Neil SchlugerDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
Barry KreiswirthPublic Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Barun MathemaDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA bm2055@columbia.edu.

Funding

A rapid molecular approach to determine PZA susceptibilityR21AI106551 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KREISWIRTH, BARRY NEAL · 2013 to 2014
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NIAID NIH HHS AI106551NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI106551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrazinamide (PZA) has important sterilizing activity in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy. We describe trends, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology associated with PZA-resistant (PZA(r)) Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City (NYC). From 2001 to 2008, all incident culture-positive TB cases reported by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) were genotyped by IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism and spoligotype. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates underwent DNA sequencing of resistance-determining regions of pncA, rpoB, katG, and fabG1. Demographic and clinical information were extracted from the NYC DOHMH TB registry. During this period, PZA(r) doubled (1.6% to 3.6%) overall, accounting for 44% (70/159) of the MDR population and 1.4% (75/5511) of the non-MDR population. Molecular genotyping revealed strong microbial phylogenetic associations with PZA(r). Clustered isolates and those from acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear-positive cases had 2.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.71 to 4.36) and 2.0 (95% CI = 1.19 to 3.43) times higher odds of being PZA(r), respectively, indicating a strong likelihood of recent transmission. Among the MDR population, PZA(r) was acquired somewhat more frequently via primary transmission than by independent pathways. Our molecular analysis also revealed that several historic M. tuberculosis strains responsible for MDR TB outbreaks in the early 1990s were continuing to circulate in NYC. We conclude that the increasing incidence of PZA(r), with clear microbial risk factors, underscores the importance of routine PZA drug susceptibility testing and M. tuberculosis genotyping for the identification, control, and prevention of increasingly resistant organisms.

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AdultAntitubercular AgentsFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMycobacterium tuberculosisNew York CityPyrazinamideTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantAntitubercular AgentsPyrazinamide

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PMID26195530
PMCPMC4576106

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