Mutations in the rpoB gene of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Brazil

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Aug;38(8):3119-22. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.8.3119-3122.2000.

Abstract

Mutations in a 69-bp region of the rpoB gene associated with rifampin resistance (Rif(r)) in 100 isolates (82 Rif(r)) from three states of Brazil were studied. Twenty-one different kinds of mutations were identified in the Rif(r) isolates, and six new alleles are described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / enzymology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • RNA polymerase beta subunit

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF143771
  • GENBANK/AF146567
  • GENBANK/AF147030
  • GENBANK/AF147031
  • GENBANK/AF147033
  • GENBANK/AF147034