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Table 3 Characteristic of mutations found in resistant isolates to RMP (n = 23), PZA (n = 48) or EMB (n = 14) compared to susceptible strains (n = 32)

From: Genotypic characterization of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quebec, 2002-2012

Drug resistance

Genes

No. of isolates

Changes

RMPR

rpoB

23

Nucleotides

Amino acid

   

Single mutations

  

1

TTC514

Ins F514

  

2

GAC/GTC

D516V

  

4

CAC/GAC

H526D

  

2

CAC/CGC

H526R

  

8

TCG/TTG

S531L

  

1

TCG/TTT

S531F

  

1

CTG/CCG

L533P

   

Multiple mutations

  

2

CTG/CGG, GAC/TAC

L511R, D516Y

  

2

TCG/TTG, ACC/ATG

S531L, T480I

RMPS

rpoB

32

WT

None

PZAR

pncA

48

  
   

Single mutations

  

1

-11A/G

None

  

1

CTG/CCG

L27P

  

1

Del G164

Frameshifta

  

2

ATC/AGC

I90S

  

1

GCG/CCG

A92Pa

  

1

Del 9 bp 380

Del D,E,Va

  

1

ACC/CCC

T135P

  

1

Ins AT 447

Frameshifta

  

1

ACC/CCC

T168P

   

Multiple mutations

  

35

Del8 bp446, CGC/AGC

Frameshift, R140S

  

1

GCA/GCG

A46A

  

2

WT

None

PZAS

pncA

32

WT

None

EMBR

embB

14

  
   

Single mutations

  

4

ATG/ATA

M306I

  

3

ATG/GTG

M306V

  

2

TAT/TCT

Y319S

  

1

GAT/TAT

D328Y

  

1

GAC/GCC

D354A

  

1

GGC/AGC

G406S

   

Multiple mutations

  

1

ATG/ATA, CTG/CTA, GAG/GCG

M306I, L355L, E387A

  

1

WT

None

EMBS

embB

32

WT

None

  1. aUndescribed mutations; Del deletion, Ins insertion, WT wild-type sequence, R resistant, S susceptible