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. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):855–861. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017514

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in prison inmates, Azerbaijan.

G E Pfyffer 1, A Strässle 1, T van Gorkum 1, F Portaels 1, L Rigouts 1, C Mathieu 1, F Mirzoyev 1, H Traore 1, J D van Embden 1
PMCID: PMC2631864  PMID: 11747699

Abstract

In a tuberculosis (TB) program in the Central Penitentiary Hospital of Azerbaijan, we analyzed 65 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IS6110-based restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) and spoligotyping. From 11 clusters associated with 33 patients, 31 isolates had an IS6110-based banding pattern characteristic of the Beijing genotype of M. tuberculosis. In addition, 15 M. tuberculosis isolates with similar RFLP patterns constituted a single group by spoligotyping, matching the Beijing genotype. Multidrug resistance, always involving isoniazid and rifampin, was seen in 34 (52.3%) of 65 isolates, with 28 belonging to the Beijing genotype.

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