rpoB Gene Mutations and Molecular Characterization of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Shandong Province, China
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (9) , 3409-3412
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00515-06
Abstract
Sixty rifampin (RIF)-resistant and 75 RIF-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Shandong Province, China, were analyzed for rpoB gene mutations and genotyped. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU) genotype 223325173533 was overrepresented among RIF-resistant isolates. MIRU combined with IS 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis as the second-line genotyping method may reflect epidemiologic links more reliably than each method alone.Keywords
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