title: Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hungary.
abstract: Sixty-eight drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates (44.2% of all resistant cases) were analyzed by IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting and spoligotyping to provide a deeper insight into the status of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hungary. A total of 54.4% of the drug-resistant cases and 75% of the multidrug-resistant cases could be clustered. Analysis of the spoligotyping patterns of the strains revealed a high rate (66.2%) of infection by the Haarlem genotype, while none of the patients were infected by the Beijing genotype. The magnitude and the dynamics of drug-resistant tuberculosis are underestimated in Hungary.
authors.affiliation: National Public Health and Medical Officers Service, Miskolc, Hungary.
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ködmön
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niemann
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukács
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sör
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dávid
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somoskövi
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements