Open AccessResistance toMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection Among Household Contacts: A Multinational Study
Author(s) -
Davit Baliashvili,
Neel R. Gandhi,
Soyeon Kim,
Michael D. Hughes,
Vidya Mave,
Alberto MendozaTicona,
Pedro Gonzáles,
Kim Narunsky,
Poongulali Selvamuthu,
Sharlaa Badal-Faesen,
Caryn M. Upton,
Linda Naini,
Elizabeth G. Smith,
Amita Gupta,
Gavin Churchyard,
Susan Swindells,
Anneke C. Hesseling,
Neha Shah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab269
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculin , coinfection , medicine , immunology , latent tuberculosis , index case , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , pathology
Some contacts of patients with tuberculosis remain negative on tests for tuberculosis infection, despite prolonged exposure, suggesting they might be resistant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The objective of this multinational study was to estimate the proportion of household contacts resistant to M. tuberculosis (resisters).