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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6015-6019, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6015-6019.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rapid Determination of Rifampin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Real-Time PCR

Tanil Kocagoz,1 Zeynep Saribas,2* and Alpaslan Alp2

Yeditepe University Medical School, and Turkish Innovative Biotechnology Organization and Salubris R&D, Istanbul, Turkey,1 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey2

Received 9 June 2005/ Returned for modification 15 July 2005/ Accepted 12 September 2005

Real-time PCR was used to determine rifampin resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ninety-six rifampin-resistant isolates and 23 rifampin-susceptible isolates were included in the study. A 305-bp region covering the 81-bp "rifampin resistance-determining region" of rpoB was amplified. Two hybridization probe pairs that covered the most frequent mutation sites in rpoB, codon regions 526 to 531 and 513 to 516, were used. The results obtained by real-time PCR were compared to those obtained by the proportion method. For detection of rifampin resistance, the real-time PCR assay yielded a sensitivity of 92.7% and a specificity of 100%. Real-time PCR is a very rapid method, and it can be especially helpful for the reporting of resistant clinical isolates in a very short period of time.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. Phone: 90-312-305 1560. Fax: 90-312-311 5250. E-mail: zsaribas{at}superonline.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6015-6019, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6015-6019.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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