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. 2010 Jun 23;48(8):2934–2939. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00201-10

TABLE 4.

MTBDRsl pattern of 53 phenotypically ethambutol-resistant and 5 phenotypically kanamycin-resistant isolates

Drug (gene) and MTBDRsl hybridization patterna Codon mutation No. (%) of isolates with MTBDRsl hybridization pattern
Ethambutol (embB)
    ΔWT ATG306ATC/ATT 5 (9.4)
    ΔWT + MUT1A M306I 5 (9.4)
    ΔWT + MUT1B M306V 21 (39.6)
    WT + MUT1A None (WT) + M306I 1 (1.9)
    WT + MUT1B None (WT) + M306V 2 (3.8)
    WT + MUT1A + MUT1B None (WT) + M306I + M306V 1 (1.9)
    WT None (WT) 18 (34.0)
    Total 53 (100)
Kanamycin (rrs)
    ΔWT1 + WT2 + MUT1 A1401G 4 (44.4)
    WT1 + WT2 + MUT1 None (WT) + G1484T 1 (11.1)
    Total 5 (100)
a

Probe names as given in the MTBDRsl manual (5a) (see Fig. 1). ΔWT indicates lack of hybridization to the wild-type probe.