The use of polymerase chain reaction-single-stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) to study rpoB gene mutations in rifampin-resistant (RIFr) Mycobacterium tuberculosis has yielded contradictory results. To determine the sensitivity of this method, we analyzed 35 RIFr strains and 11 rifampin-susceptible (RIFs) strains, using the DNA sequencing of the core region of rpoB for comparison. Of the RIFr, 24 had a PCR-SSCP pattern identical to that of H37Rv; the other 11 had four different patterns. The 11 RIFs had PCR-SSCP patterns identical to that of H37Rv. The sensitivity of the assay was 31.4%; its specificity was 100%. We observed a strong correlation between the degree of resistance and the type of mutation.
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Univ Penn, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, Perelman Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Ctr Clin Epidemiol & Biostat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Bisson, Gregory P.
Mehaffy, Carolina
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Mehaffy, Carolina
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Broeckling, Corey
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Prenni, Jessica
Rifat, Dalin
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Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Ctr TB Res, Baltimore, MD USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Rifat, Dalin
Lun, Desmond S.
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Rutgers State Univ, Ctr Computat & Integrat Biol, Camden, NJ 08102 USA
Rutgers State Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Camden, NJ 08102 USA
Univ S Australia, Sch Math & Stat, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
Univ S Australia, Phen & Bioinformat Res Ctr, Mawson Lakes, SA, AustraliaColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Lun, Desmond S.
Burgos, Marcos
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Univ New Mexico, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Burgos, Marcos
Weissman, Drew
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Univ Penn, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, Perelman Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Weissman, Drew
Karakousis, Petros C.
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Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Ctr TB Res, Baltimore, MD USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA