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. 2005 Apr;49(4):1455–1464. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1455-1464.2005

TABLE 4.

Relationship between mutation frequency, drug resistance phenotype, and patient history of TB for 169 genotypically distinct isoniazid-resistant isolates

Parameter Total no. of isolates No. of isolates with katG 315 mutationa:
P for katG 315 No. of isolates with inhA −15 mutation:
P for inhA −15
ACC Other T C
Resistance profile
    Isoniazid monoresistant 85 51 33 0.82 20 65 0.88
    Isoniazid and streptomycin only 41 27 14 0.42 9 32 0.90
    MDR M. tuberculosis 41 21 19 0.43 8 33 0.79
    Other 2 0 2 1 1
History of TB
    No 89 53 36 0.33 21 68 0.39
    Yes 26 11 13 4 22
    Unknown 54 35 19 13 41
    Total 169 99 68 38 131
a

For two isolates, katG 315 could not be characterized; the locus could not be amplified due to a probable gene deletion.