Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Susceptibility to isoniazid and other anti-tuberculosis drugs

Ekaterina V. Kurbatova*, J. S. Cavanaugh, N. S. Shah, A. Wright, H. Kim, B. Metchock, A. Van Deun, L. Barrera, F. Boulahbal, E. Richter, N. Martín-Casabona, F. Arias, I. Zemanova, F. Drobniewski, A. Santos Silva, C. Coulter, R. Lumb, J. P. Cegielski

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    Abstract

    Based on data from 14 Supranational Tuberculosis (TB) Reference Laboratories worldwide, the proportion of rifampicin (RMP) resistant isolates that were isoniazid (INH) susceptible by phenotypic drug susceptibility testing varied widely (0.5-11.6%). RMP-resistant isolates that were INH-susceptible had significantly lower rates of resistance to other first- and second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (except rifabutin) compared to multidrug-resistant isolates. RMP resistance is not a lways a good proxy for a presumptive diagnosis of multidrug-resistant TB, which has implications for use of molecular assays that identify only RMP resistanceassociated DNA mutations.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)355-357
    Number of pages3
    JournalInternational Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Volume16
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2012

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    Keywords

    • Drug resistance
    • Molecular diagnostic tests
    • Rifampicin resistance
    • Tuberculosis

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