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Molecular analysis of codon 548 in the rpoB gene involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to rifampin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2015
Horng Yu-Tze, Jeng Wen-Yih, Chen Yih-Yuan, Liu Che-Hung, Dou Horng-Yunn, Lee Jen-Jyh, Chang Kai-Chih, Chien Chih-Ching, Soo Po-Chi
Abstract excerpt
Most Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin-resistant strains have been associated with mutations in an 81-bp rifampin resistance-determining region (RRDR) in the gene rpoB. However, if this region alone were targeted, rifampin-resistant strains with mutations outside the RRDR would not be detected. In this study, among 51 rifampin-resistant clinical isolates analyzed by sequencing 1,681-bp-long DNA fragments...
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