Research Article

Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Second-Line Drugs Resistance among Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Southwest of China

Table 6

The relationship between gene mutation and drug resistance in 156 MDR isolates.

Drug-resistant phenotype Number of isolatesLocusNumber (%) of isolates
MutationWithout mutation

OFXgyrA
 Resistant6653 (80.3)13 (19.7)91.086<0.001
 Susceptible905 (5.6)85 (94.4)
gyrB
 Resistant664 (6.1)62 (93.9)0.0070.93
 Susceptible904 (4.4)86 (95.6)
KANrrs
 Resistant2619 (73.1)7 (26.9)<0.00
 Susceptible1301 (0.8)129 (99.2)
eis
 Resistant264 (15.4)22 (84.6)0.00
 Susceptible1301 (0.8)129 (99.2)

correction; isher’s exact test.