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Authors Xu G, Mao X, Wang J, Pan H
Received 9 November 2017
Accepted for publication 30 December 2017
Published 6 March 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 323—330
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S156534
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Editor who approved publication: Dr Eric Nulens
Purpose: The
objectives of the present study were to characterize the clinical isolates
prevailing in the northeast of Jiangsu and to investigate the mode of
transmission. The study also aimed to explore the extent to which Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
contributed to drug resistance and the possible factors related to the recent
transmission.
Patients and
methods: We consecutively enrolled 912
culture-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases from 1 January 2013 to 31
December 2014 in Lianyungang City, which is located in the center of China’s
vast ocean area and the northeast of Jiangsu province. Isolates were genotyped
using 15-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number
tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing. The Hunter–Gaston discrimination index (HGDI)
was used to estimate the discriminatory power and diversity of molecular
markers.
Results: Among 741 successfully genotyped isolates, 144 (19.43%) strains
formed 46 clusters, while 597 (80.57%) isolates had the unique MIRU pattern.
The total HGDI for all 15 loci was 0.999. The average cluster size was 3 (2–13)
patients. The estimated proportion of recent transmission was 13.34%. Patients
with unfavorable treatment outcomes were infected with clustered strains at a
higher proportion than were those with favorable treatment outcomes (adjusted
OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.14–2.85, P =0.012).
Conclusion: The probability of recent TB transmission was relatively low in
the study site, while the cases mainly arose from the activation of previous
infection. Spatial analysis showed that strains forming larger clusters had the
characteristics of regional aggregation.
Keywords: tuberculosis, molecular epidemiology, genotype, transmission, drug
resistance