High frequency of mutations in the rpoB gene in rifampin-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Singapore

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Apr;43(4):2026-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.2026-2027.2005.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / pharmacology*
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Mutation*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Rifampin / pharmacology*
  • Singapore
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • RNA polymerase beta subunit
  • Rifampin