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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 260-266.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20230450

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Interpretation of the World Health Organization’s Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their association with drug resistance (2nd Edition)

Pei Shaojun1, Ou Xichao2()   

  1. 1Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    2National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2023-12-20 Online:2024-03-10 Published:2024-03-05
  • Contact: Ou Xichao, Email:ouxc@chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program(2022YFC2305204)

Abstract:

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major obstacle to the achievement of the End TB Strategy by 2035. The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the use of rapid molecular drug susceptibility testing technology for early diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Covering comprehensive and reliable drug resistance-related mutations is the key to improving the reliability of molecular drug resistance diagnosis. WHO has released the second edition of the Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their association with drug resistance in November 2023. This catalogue described more comprehensive and accurate drug-resistance-related gene mutations based on the largest collection of multinational Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates, so as to support the development and improvement of the molecular drug susceptibility testing technology. This article provides a detailed interpretation of the updates in the analysis process and drug-resistant mutations in the second edition of the catalogue compared with the first edition, and looks forward to the future direction of improving the catalogue.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Drug resistance, bacterial, Microbial sensitivity tests, Genes, Mutation

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