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- Title
Dynamics of antibiotic resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during long-term infection and antibiotic treatment.
- Authors
Mariam, Solomon H; Werngren, Jim; Aronsson, Joakim; Hoffner, Sven; Andersson, Dan I
- Abstract
For an infecting bacterium the human body provides several potential ecological niches with both internally (e.g. host immunity) and externally (e.g. antibiotic use) imposed growth restrictions that are expected to drive adaptive evolution in the bacterium, including the development of antibiotic resistance. To determine the extent and pattern of heterogeneity generated in a bacterial population during long-term antibiotic treatment, we examined in a monoclonal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection antibiotic resistant mutants isolated from one patient during a 9-years period. There was a progressive accumulation of resistance mutations in the infecting clone. Furthermore, apparent clonal sweeps as well as co-existence of different resistant mutants were observed during this time, demonstrating that during treatment there is a high degree of dynamics in the bacterial population. These findings have important implications for diagnostics and treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis infections.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 6, pe21147
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0021147