Tuberculosis Drug Resistance

Drug-resistant TB highly prevalent in Archangel prison

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 21st, 2003

Drug-resistant tuberculosis infection is common in Russia's notorious Archangel prison.

"Prisons play a significant role in the epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis," scientists in Norway noted.

In a study conducted by O.S. Toungoussova and coauthors at the University of Oslo, "A total of 114 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from patients in the Archangel prison (Archangel, Russia) in 2001" were examined "using restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping."

"Drug susceptibility was analyzed by the radiometric broth method (BACTEC; Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems)," they noted...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2003-10-21)

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