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KMID : 0981820090290050455
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Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2009 Volume.29 No. 5 p.455 ~ p.460
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Detection of Isoniazid and Rifampicin Resistance by Sequencing of katG, inhA, and rpoB Genes in Korea
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Cho Eun-Hae
Lee Eun-Hee
Bae Hye-Kyung
Kang Seong-Ki
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Abstract
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Background : In Korea, tuberculosis is resistant to isoniazid (INH) and/or rifampicin (RIF) in more than 10% of cases. To prevent the spread of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, it is crucial to develop more rapid resistance detection methods.
Methods : To determine the feasibility of using direct sequencing for detecting INH- and RIF-resistant strains, the katG gene, the regulatory region of the inhA gene, and the 81-bp hot-spot region of the rpoB gene from 95 culture isolates and 46 respiratory specimens were sequenced. Total 141 culture isolates were classified by conventional drug susceptibility testing (DST) as INHR/RIFR (N=30), INHR/RIFS (N=23), INHS/RIFR (N=15), and INHS/RIFS (N=73).
Results : Compared with phenotypic DST, the overall sensitivity and specificity of sequencing were 83.0% (44/53) and 96.6% (85/88), respectively, for INH resistance, and 93.3% (42/45) and 100% (96/96), respectively, for RIF resistance. The rates were similar between culture isolates and respiratory specimens. Interestingly, three specimens with inhA -15C>T mutation were susceptible to INH by conventional DST.
Conclusion : Detection of mutations in the katG codon 315, the inhA regulatory region, and the hot-spot region of rpoB would be useful for rapid detection of INH and RIF resistance in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, inhA, katG, rpoB
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