Newly Developed Primers for Comprehensive Amplification of the rpoB Gene and Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract
New rpoB gene primers for detecting Rif r in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria achieved 100% specificity and 88% (fresh sputa) and 92% (ethanol-preserved sputa) diagnostic sensitivity and detected up to 4 CFU/sample. Of the 99 Rif r isolates examined, 97% had mutations within cluster I, 2% at codon 176, and 1% at codon 497.

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