title: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: treatment outcome in Denmark, 1992-2007.
abstract: A retrospective nationwide study including all culture-verified multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases was performed in Denmark. The aim was to examine the long-term treatment outcome of MDR-TB, to assess if MDR-TB transmission occurs, and to evaluate a rapid mutation analysis detecting rifampin and isoniazid resistance in this cohort. Clinical data were obtained from patient records. A restriction fragment length polymorphism genotype database of all TB cases was compared for identical strains indicating active transmission. Twenty-nine cases of MDR-TB were identified and the incidence was low at 0.5%. Acquired MDR-TB and active transmission was rare. Mutations in rifampin (rpoB) and isoniazid (katG, inhA) genes correctly determined resistance in 100% and 82% of all isolates tested, respectively. Initial treatment success was 89% for 27 MDR-TB patients with available outcome data. Initially 3 patients defaulted; no deaths were reported. Including successfully re-treated default patients and censoring patients who spent <2 y in the cohort, long-term treatment success was achieved for all 26 patients (mean follow-up 8.9 y). MDR-TB has a good prognosis in the high-income, low TB burden country of Denmark. Continued surveillance and rapid detection of resistance mutations directly in smear-positive patients may improve the standard of MDR-TB care.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Antimicrobials and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. DVB@SSI.DK
authors.forename: Didi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: Troels
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lillebaek
authors.forename: Vibeke Østergaard
authors.initials: VØ
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Ase Bengård
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002374:Catalase / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; C480353:katG protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; C085257:InhA protein, Mycobacterium; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin