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Quantitative measurement of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals genetic determinants of resistance and susceptibility in a target gene approach

  • The CRyPTIC Consortium
  • Stanford University
  • Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center
  • IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
  • Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Instituto Adolfo Lutz
  • University of Oxford
  • Africa Health Research Institute
  • Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory
  • Yale School of Public Health
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research
  • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
  • University College London
  • University of New South Wales
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden
  • University of British Columbia
  • Public Health Ontario
  • SYNLAB Gauting
  • IMLred
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • National Health Laboratory Services
  • Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
  • P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre
  • University of Cape Town
  • University of Surrey
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Montreal
  • Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima
  • The Foundation for Medical Research India
  • WHO-SRL
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
  • Columbia University
  • National University of Singapore
  • Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
  • FIND
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL)
  • National TB Control Program
  • University of Antwerp
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Stellenbosch University
  • Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa
  • Francis Crick Institute
  • CAS - Institute of Microbiology

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Abstract

The World Health Organization has a goal of universal drug susceptibility testing for patients with tuberculosis. However, molecular diagnostics to date have focused largely on first-line drugs and predicting susceptibilities in a binary manner (classifying strains as either susceptible or resistant). Here, we used a multivariable linear mixed model alongside whole genome sequencing and a quantitative microtiter plate assay to relate genomic mutations to minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in 15,211 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from 23 countries across five continents. We identified 492 unique MIC-elevating variants across 13 drugs, as well as 91 mutations likely linked to hypersensitivity. Our results advance genetics-based diagnostics for tuberculosis and serve as a curated training/testing dataset for development of drug resistance prediction algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Article number488
JournalNature Communications
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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