Genotype-Phenotype Characterization of Serial Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Bedaquiline-Resistant Tuberculosis

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BACKGROUND: Emerging resistance to bedaquiline (BDQ) threatens to undermine advances in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB). Characterizing serial Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates collected during BDQ-based treatment can provide insights into the etiologies of BDQ resistance in this important group of DRTB patients.

METHODS: We measured mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT)-based BDQ minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of Mtb isolates collected from 195 individuals with no prior BDQ exposure who were receiving BDQ-based treatment for DRTB. We conducted whole-genome sequencing on serial Mtb isolates from all participants who had any isolate with a BDQ MIC >1 collected before or after starting treatment (95 total Mtb isolates from 24 participants).

RESULTS: Sixteen of 24 participants had BDQ-resistant TB (MGIT MIC ≥4 µg/mL) and 8 had BDQ-intermediate infections (MGIT MIC = 2 µg/mL). Participants with pre-existing resistance outnumbered those with resistance acquired during treatment, and 8 of 24 participants had polyclonal infections. BDQ resistance was observed across multiple Mtb strain types and involved a diverse catalog of mmpR5 (Rv0678) mutations, but no mutations in atpE or pepQ. Nine pairs of participants shared genetically similar isolates separated by <5 single nucleotide polymorphisms, concerning for potential transmitted BDQ resistance.

CONCLUSIONS: BDQ-resistant TB can arise via multiple, overlapping processes, including transmission of strains with pre-existing resistance. Capturing the within-host diversity of these infections could potentially improve clinical diagnosis, population-level surveillance, and molecular diagnostic test development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:78

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 78(2024), 2 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 269-276

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brown, Tyler S [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Linrui [VerfasserIn]
Omar, Shaheed Vally [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Lavania [VerfasserIn]
Meintjes, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Maartens, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Wasserman, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Shah, N Sarita [VerfasserIn]
Farhat, Maha R [VerfasserIn]
Gandhi, Neel R [VerfasserIn]
Ismail, Nazir [VerfasserIn]
Brust, James C M [VerfasserIn]
Mathema, Barun [VerfasserIn]

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78846I289Y
Antitubercular Agents
Bedaquiline
Diarylquinolines
Drug resistance
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tuberculosis
Whole-genome sequencing

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 27.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciad596

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363671978