Resistance toMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection Among Household Contacts: A Multinational Study | Zendy

Davit Baliashvili | Zendy; Neel R. Gandhi | Zendy; Soyeon Kim | Zendy; Michael D. Hughes | Zendy; Vidya Mave | Zendy; Alberto MendozaTicona | Zendy; Pedro Gonzáles | Zendy; Kim Narunsky | Zendy; Poongulali Selvamuthu | Zendy; Sharlaa BadalFaesen | Zendy; Caryn M. Upton | Zendy; Linda Naini | Zendy; Elizabeth Smith | Zendy; Amita Gupta | Zendy; Gavin Churchyard | Zendy; Susan Swindells | Zendy; Anneke C. Hesseling | Zendy; Neha Shah | Zendy

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Resistance 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 BadalFaesen,

Caryn M. Upton,

Linda Naini,

Elizabeth Smith,

Amita Gupta,

Gavin Churchyard,

Susan Swindells,

Anneke C. Hesseling,

Neha Shah

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

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 , medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , coinfection , tuberculin , immunology , index case , 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).

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