Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004
Letter
Beijing/W Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Italy
Nicoletta Lari*, Laura Rindi*, Daniela Bonanni*, Enrico Tortoli†, and Carlo Garzelli*
Table
Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of Beijing/W genotype isolated in 2002 in Tuscany, Italya
| Strain no. | Patient’s country of birth | Sex | Age | HIV status | Years in Italy | Site of TB | Drug resistanceb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Str | Inh | Rif | Eth | Pza | |||||||
| 669 |
China |
M |
40 |
– |
1 |
Pulmonary |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 763 |
China |
M |
42 |
– |
<1 |
Pulmonary |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 804 |
China |
F |
23 |
– |
4 |
Pulmonary |
NT |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 836 |
China |
M |
34 |
– |
1 |
Pulmonary |
NT |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 884 |
Italy |
F |
39 |
+ |
NA |
Extrapulmonary |
NT |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| 952 |
Italy |
F |
28 |
– |
NA |
Pulmonary |
NT |
R |
S |
S |
S |
| 974 | China | F | 27 | – | 1 | Pulmonary | NT | S | S | S | S |
aTB, tuberculosis; Str, Sterptomycin; Inh, isoniazid; Rif, rifampin; Eth, ethambutol; Pza, pirazinamide; S, susceptible; R, resistant; M, male; F, female; NA, not applicable; NT, not tested.
bDrug resistance was assessed by the radiometric BACTEC system (Becton Dickinson, Towson, MD) according to the proportion method.
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