Hung Van Nguyen, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Doan Thu Ha, Dinh Thi Huong, Vu Ngoc Trung, Khieu Thi Thuy Ngoc, Tran Huyen Trang, Ha Vu Thi Ngoc, Tram Trinh Thi Bich, Trieu Le Pham Tien, Hanh Nguyen Hong, Phu Phan Trieu, Luong Kim Lan, Kim Lan, Ngo Ngoc Hue, Nguyen Thi Le Huong, Tran Le Thi Ngoc Thao, Nguyen Le Quang, Thu Do Dang Anh, Nguyễn Hữu Lân, Truong Van Vinh, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Phan Thuong Dat, Nguyen Phuc Hai, Derrick W Crook, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Guy E Thwaites, Timothy M Walker
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a descriptive analysis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Vietnam's two largest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. METHODS: All patients with rifampicin resistant tuberculosis were recruited from Hanoi and surrounding provinces between 2020 and 2022. Additional patients were recruited from Ho Chi Minh city over the same time period. Demographic data were recorded from all patients, and samples collected, cultured, whole genome sequenced and analysed for drug resistance mutations...
May 2024: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases