Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Hungary

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Abstract
Sixty-eight drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates (44.2% of all resistant cases) were analyzed by IS 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting and spoligotyping to provide a deeper insight into the status of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hungary. A total of 54.4% of the drug-resistant cases and 75% of the multidrug-resistant cases could be clustered. Analysis of the spoligotyping patterns of the strains revealed a high rate (66.2%) of infection by the Haarlem genotype, while none of the patients were infected by the Beijing genotype. The magnitude and the dynamics of drug-resistant tuberculosis are underestimated in Hungary.

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