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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2024

Molecular determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sierra Leone.

Harriet N A Blankson, Rashidatu Fouad Kamara, Ivan Barilar, Sönke Andres, Ousman S Conteh, Tobias Dallenga, Lynda Foray, Florian Maurer, Katharina Kranzer, Christian Utpatel and 1 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Harriet N A BlanksonMolecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2997-9112
Rashidatu Fouad KamaraNational Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Programme Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Ivan BarilarMolecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
Sönke AndresNational and WHO Supranational Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
Ousman S ContehNational Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Programme Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Tobias DallengaGerman Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Reims, Borstel, Germany.
Lynda ForayNational Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Programme Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Florian MaurerGerman Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Reims, Borstel, Germany.
Katharina Kranzer *Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5691-7270
Christian Utpatel *Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5416-8253
Stefan Niemann *Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6604-0684
German Center for Infection Research · DESierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute · SLLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBResearch Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Ghana · GH

Funding

Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI) EXC 2167. Precision Medicine in Chronic InflammationN (PMI)The German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) FKZ 8013802812The Ministry of Education Ghana, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Ghanaian-German Postgraduate Training Programme (57344816)The World Health Organization (WHO) WHO Agreement for performance of work,Purchase order 202945290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) management has become a serious global health challenge. Understanding its epidemic determinants on the regional level is crucial for developing effective control measures. We used whole genome sequencing data of 238 of IMPORTANCE: A substantial proportion of MDR-TB strains in Sierra Leone were resistant against all first line drugs; however this makes the all-oral-six-month BPaLM regimen or other 6-9 months all oral regimens still viable, mainly because there was no FQ resistance.Resistance to BDQ was detected, as well as RR, due to mutations outside of the hotspot region. While the prevalence of those resistances was low, it is still cause for concern and needs to be closely monitored.

Indexed as

Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantAntitubercular AgentsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRifampinSierra LeoneAntitubercular AgentsRifampinmultidrug resistanceMycobacterium tuberculosisSierra Leonetuberculosis

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PMID38289066
PMCPMC10923214
OpenAlexW4391349116

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