HIV coinfection is associated with low fitness rpoB variants in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Loiseau, D. Brites, M. Reinhard…·S. Gagneux
The paper analyzes drug-resistant Mtb genomes from HIV coinfected and HIV negative patients, finding that HIV coinfected patients have more low fitness rpoB variants in rifampicin-resistant strains.