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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2547-2553, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2547-2553.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains from Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Cameroon

Sara Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh,1,2 Christopher Kuaban,3 Philippe Sorlin,1 Patrick Cunin,1 Jocelyn Thonnon,1 Christophe Sola,4 Nalin Rastogi,4 Veronique Vincent,2* and M. Cristina Gutierrez2

Laboratoire des Mycobactéries, Centre Pasteur,1 Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose, Yaoundé, Cameroon,3 Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Cedex 15, Paris, France,2 Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, F-97165 Pointe-à-Pitre Cedex, Guadeloupe4

Received 16 December 2002/ Returned for modification 5 February 2003/ Accepted 7 March 2003

We analyzed DNA polymorphisms in 455 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from 455 patients to evaluate the biodiversity of tubercle bacilli in Ouest province, Cameroon. The phenotypic and genotypic identification methods gave concordant results for 99.5% of M. tuberculosis isolates (413 strains) and for 90% of Mycobacterium africanum isolates (41 strains). Mycobacterium bovis was isolated from only one patient. Analysis of regions of difference (RD4, RD9, and RD10) proved to be an accurate and rapid method of distinguishing between unusual members of the M. tuberculosis complex. Whereas M. africanum strains were the etiologic agent of tuberculosis in 56% of cases 3 decades ago, our results showed that these strains now account for just 9% of cases of tuberculosis. We identified a group of closely genetically related M. tuberculosis strains that are currently responsible for >40% of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases in this region of Cameroon. These strains shared a spoligotype lacking spacers 23, 24, and 25 and had highly related IS6110 ligation-mediated (LM) PCR patterns. They were designated the "Cameroon family." We did not find any significant association between tuberculosis-causing species or strain families and patient characteristics (sex, age, and human immunodeficiency virus status). A comparison of the spoligotypes of the Cameroon strains with an international spoligotype database (SpolDB3) containing 11,708 patterns from >90 countries, showed that the predominant spoligotype in Cameroon was limited to West African countries (Benin, Senegal, and Ivory Coast) and to the Caribbean area.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries-Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Cedex 15, Paris, France. Phone: 33 (0) 1 45 68 83 58/60. Fax: 33 (0) 1 40 61 31 18. E-mail: vvincent{at}pasteur.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2547-2553, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2547-2553.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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