TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiologic characterization of culture positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis patients by katG-gyrA principal genetic grouping
AU - Grimes, Carolyn Z.
AU - Teeter, Larry D.
AU - Hwang, Lu Yu
AU - Graviss, Edward A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, under contracts N01-A0-02738 and DA09238.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - Molecular typing techniques make it possible to genetically characterize Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Public health strategies to control the spread of tuberculosis are enhanced by the use of molecular data to study tuberculosis transmission dynamics within populations. This study compared epidemiological and clinical characteristics of three M. tuberculosis groups based on polymorphisms at katG codon 463 and gyrA codon 95 in 1893 culture-positive patients by a retrospective nested case-comparison design. Study participants, diagnosed from 1995 to 2001 in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, were ≥ 18 years old, 70% male, 66% U.S.-born, 40% Black, 29% Hispanic, 19% White, and 12% Asian/Pacific Islander. The prevalence of each principal genetic group (GG) was 30% (GG1), 52% (GG2), and 18% (GG3). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that GG1 participants were more likely to be Asian, male, and have a history of homelessness, as compared with participants with either GG2 or GG3 isolates. GG2 participants were more likely to be Hispanic, have streptomycin-resistant isolates, and be infected with HIV than either GG1 or GG3 participants. GG3 participants were more likely to be Black or Hispanic, report illicit drug use, and live in a congregative facility at the time of diagnosis, than GG1 or GG2 participants. Ethnicity and sociodemographic findings were significant, prompting additional research into social networks, genetic susceptibility, immunology, and virulence factors.
AB - Molecular typing techniques make it possible to genetically characterize Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Public health strategies to control the spread of tuberculosis are enhanced by the use of molecular data to study tuberculosis transmission dynamics within populations. This study compared epidemiological and clinical characteristics of three M. tuberculosis groups based on polymorphisms at katG codon 463 and gyrA codon 95 in 1893 culture-positive patients by a retrospective nested case-comparison design. Study participants, diagnosed from 1995 to 2001 in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, were ≥ 18 years old, 70% male, 66% U.S.-born, 40% Black, 29% Hispanic, 19% White, and 12% Asian/Pacific Islander. The prevalence of each principal genetic group (GG) was 30% (GG1), 52% (GG2), and 18% (GG3). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that GG1 participants were more likely to be Asian, male, and have a history of homelessness, as compared with participants with either GG2 or GG3 isolates. GG2 participants were more likely to be Hispanic, have streptomycin-resistant isolates, and be infected with HIV than either GG1 or GG3 participants. GG3 participants were more likely to be Black or Hispanic, report illicit drug use, and live in a congregative facility at the time of diagnosis, than GG1 or GG2 participants. Ethnicity and sociodemographic findings were significant, prompting additional research into social networks, genetic susceptibility, immunology, and virulence factors.
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U2 - 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.080171
DO - 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.080171
M3 - Article
C2 - 19644021
AN - SCOPUS:70249103902
SN - 1525-1578
VL - 11
SP - 472
EP - 481
JO - Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
JF - Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
IS - 5
ER -