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Frequency of rpoB mutations inside and outside the cluster I region in rifampin-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Heep M, Brandstätter B, Rieger U, Lehn N, Richter E, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Niemann S
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of recently described mutation V176F, located in the beginning of the rpoB gene and associated with rifampin resistance and the wild-type cluster I sequence, was determined by analyzing the distribution of rpoB mutations among 80 rifampin (RIF)-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Germany during 1997. The most frequent rpoB mutations were changes in codon 456 (52 isolates, 65%),...
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