Some Synonymous and Nonsynonymous gyrA Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lead to Systematic False-Positive Fluoroquinolone Resistance Results with the Hain GenoType MTBDRsl Assays
Some Synonymous and Nonsynonymous gyrA Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lead to Systematic False-Positive Fluoroquinolone Resistance Results with the Hain GenoType MTBDRsl Assays
byAdebisi Ajileye, Nataly Alvarez, Matthias Merker, Timothy M Walker,
Suriya Akter, Kerstin Brown, Danesh Moradigaravand, Thomas Schön, et al.
Research ArticleYear:2017
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Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 61(4) e02169-16
Abstract
In this study, using the Hain GenoType MTBDRsl assays (versions 1 and 2), we found that some nonsynonymous and synonymous mutations in gyrA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
result in systematic false-resistance results to fluoroquinolones by
preventing the binding of wild-type probes. Moreover, such mutations can
prevent the binding of mutant probes designed for the identification of
specific resistance mutations. Although these mutations are likely rare
globally, they occur in approximately 7% of multidrug-resistant
tuberculosis strains in some settings.