Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Lebanon, 2016 - 2017

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 564 - 568
• Main Authors: El Achkar, Salam, Demanche, Christine, Osman, Marwan, Rafei, Rayane, Ismail, Mohamad Bachar, Yaacoub, Hiam, Pinçon, Claire, Duthoy, Stéphanie, De Matos, Frédérique, Gaudin, Cyril, Trovato, Alberto, Cirillo, Daniela M, Hamze, Monzer, Supply, Philip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-03-2019; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Antibacterial agents; Antitubercular agents; Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Bedaquiline; Dispatch; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Drug testing; Drug therapy; Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Lebanon, 2016–2017; Female; Genes, Bacterial; Genotype; Health; History, 21st Century; Human health and pathology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Isoniazid; Lebanon - epidemiology; Life Sciences; Male; Malnutrition; MDR; Microbial drug resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Migrant labor; Minisatellite Repeats; Mutation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Refugees; Rifampin; Santé publique et épidémiologie; survey; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - history; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - microbiology; Workers; XDR; Young Adult; Lebanon; bacteria; refugees; whole-genome sequencing; XDR; migrant workers; TB; Lebanon; Tuberculosis; asylum seekers; antimicrobial resistance; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; survey; MDR; drug resistance; DNA sequencing
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2503.181375

In a 12-month nationwide study on the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Lebanon, we identified 3 multidrug-resistant cases and 3 extensively drug-resistant TB cases in refugees, migrants, and 1 Lebanon resident. Enhanced diagnostics, particularly in major destinations for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers, can inform treatment decisions and may help prevent the spread of drug-resistant TB.