Evolution of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Their Adaptation to the Human Lung Environment

A Allué-Guardia, JI García, JB Torrelles - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the last two decades, multi (MDR), extensively (XDR), extremely (XXDR) and total (TDR)
drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) strains have emerged as a threat to public …

Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a 2023 TBnet/RESIST-TB consensus statement

J Domínguez, MJ Boeree, E Cambau… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a substantial health-care concern worldwide. Despite culture-
based methods being considered the gold standard for drug susceptibility testing, molecular …

The relative transmission fitness of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a drug resistance hotspot

C Loiseau, EM Windels, SM Gygli, L Jugheli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is among the most frequent causes of death due
to antimicrobial resistance. Although only 3% of global TB cases are MDR, geographical …

Transcontinental spread and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W148 European/Russian clade toward extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

M Merker, JP Rasigade, M Barbier, H Cox… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Transmission-driven multi-/extensively drug resistant (M/XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is the
largest single contributor to human mortality due to antimicrobial resistance. A few major …

The molecular clock of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Menardo, S Duchêne, D Brites, S Gagneux - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The molecular clock and its phylogenetic applications to genomic data have changed how
we study and understand one of the major human pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SM Gygli, C Loiseau, L Jugheli, N Adamia, A Trauner… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to
antimicrobial resistance. Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs …

Deciphering drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using whole-genome sequencing: progress, promise, and challenges

KA Cohen, AL Manson, CA Desjardins, T Abeel… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global infectious threat that is intensified by an increasing incidence of
highly drug-resistant disease. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) studies of Mycobacterium …

MDR M. tuberculosis outbreak clone in Eswatini missed by Xpert has elevated bedaquiline resistance dated to the pre-treatment era

P Beckert, E Sanchez-Padilla, M Merker, V Dreyer… - Genome Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains
not detected by commercial molecular drug susceptibility testing (mDST) assays due to the …

High-resolution map** of tuberculosis transmission: Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic modelling of a cohort from Valencia Region, Spain

Y Xu, I Cancino-Muñoz, M Torres-Puente… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Whole genome sequencing provides better delineation of transmission clusters
in Mycobacterium tuberculosis than traditional methods. However, its ability to reveal …

High fluoroquinolone resistance proportions among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis driven by dominant L2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones in the Mumbai …

V Dreyer, A Mandal, P Dev, M Merker, I Barilar… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) strains are a serious health problem in India, also contributing to one-fourth of the …