Research Article

Rapid Detection of Rifampicin and Isoniazid Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Genotype MTBDRplus Assay in Nepal

Table 5

Point mutations observed using Genotype MTBDRplus assay.

LPA probesMutation siteMutation detectedNumber of isolates (%)

rpoB All isolates ()
 MUT 1516D516V 2 (5.8)
 MUT 3531S531L 1 (1.9)
 WT 7526–529 3 (8.8)
 WT 8530–533 2 (5.8)
katG All INHr isolates ()
 WT315 1 (3.1)

*r: resistant.