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Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Clonal complexity and mixed infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are increasingly recognized.
  • These infections typically occur in high-burden tuberculosis settings or with high patient exposure.
  • Mixed infections pose diagnostic challenges, particularly in obtaining accurate antibiograms due to differing strain susceptibility patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how mixed MTB infections complicate diagnostic procedures beyond antibiogram determination.
  • To illustrate the challenges posed by unnoticed mixed infections in a clinical setting.
  • To demonstrate how strain representativeness variations in sputum samples can complicate false-positive alert resolution.

Main Methods:

  • Case study analysis of an HIV-positive patient diagnosed in Madrid, Spain.
  • Review of diagnostic procedures and laboratory data, including sputum sample analysis.
  • Investigation of a laboratory cross-contamination false positivity alert.

Main Results:

  • An unnoticed mixed MTB infection was identified in an HIV-positive patient.
  • The relative proportions of coinfecting strains varied across different sputum samples.
  • These variations significantly complicated the investigation and resolution of a laboratory cross-contamination false positivity alert.

Conclusions:

  • Mixed MTB infections present diagnostic challenges beyond antibiogram determination.
  • Unnoticed mixed infections can lead to complex diagnostic scenarios and potential errors.
  • Variations in strain representation within patient samples require careful consideration during laboratory investigations.