Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum from Suruí Indian subjects, Brazilian Amazon

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Micobacterioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

This investigation aimed at the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in the sputum of Suruí Indian subjects from Amazonia, Brazil. Polymerase chain reaction analyses were positive for12 samples, five of which were also culture-positive (N = 147). Four MTB genotypes were identified, one of which showed resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid. The study also highlighted one village complex as of particular importance, considering the relatively high number of tuberculosis cases reported and of MTB isolates obtained.

Keywords

Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
Drug Resistance
South American Indians
Genotyping

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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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BASTA, Paulo Cesar et al. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum from Suruí Indian subjects, Brazilian Amazon. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 101, n. 6, p. 581-584, Sept. 2006.

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10.1590/S0074-02762006000600001

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0074-0276

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