TY - JOUR AU - Nouvel, Laurent AU - Kassa-Kelembho, Eric AU - Dos Vultos, Tiago AU - Zandanga, Germain AU - Rauzier, Jean AU - Lafoz, Carmen AU - Martin, Carlos AU - Blazquez, Jesus AU - Talarmin, Antoine AU - Gicquel, Brigitte T1 - Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bangui, Central African Republic T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 9 SP - 1454 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We investigated multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Bangui, Central African Republic. We found 39.6% with the same spoligotype and synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism in the mutT1 gene. However, strains had different rpoB mutations responsible for rifampin resistance. MDR strains in Bangui may emerge preferentially from a single, MDR-prone family. KW - Tuberculosis KW - Antibiotic resistance KW - Molecular epidemiology KW - dispatch KW - Central African Republic DO - 10.3201/eid1209.060361 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/9/06-0361_article ER - End of Reference