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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 5;76(3):e920–e929. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac556

Table 3. Sequencing of MTBDRsl targets (gyrA, rrs) to resolve results discrepant with pDST. Most fluoroquinolone discrepants resolved in favour of MTBDRsl whereas most SLIDs discrepants resolved in favour of pDST.

  Sequencing
Locus MTBDRsl pDST Mutation No. isolates Susceptibility result Resolved in favour of LPA or pDST
Fluoroquinolones gyrA(n=11) S R G81C* 1 S MTBDRsl
A88T 1 R pDST
WT 9 S MTBDRsl
(n=24) R S A88T 1 R MTBDRsl
C86T 1 R MTBDRsl
D89N 1 R MTBDRsl
A90V 4 R MTBDRsl
S91P 1 R MTBDRsl
D94G 2 R MTBDRsl
S95T^ 2 S pDST
WT 6 S pDST
NR 6
Discrepant resolution by sequencing 69% (20/29) in favour of MTBDRsl
31% (9/29) in favour of pDST
Second-line injectables rrs(n=6) S R WT 3 S MTBDRsl
NR 3
(n=22) R S WT 8 S pDST
A1401G 1 R MTBDRsl
NR 13
Discrepant resolution by sequencing 33% (4/12) in favour of MTBDRsl
67% (8/12) in favour of pDST
*

G81C - silent mutation

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S95T – does not cause resistance [28, 29]

Abbreviation: R-resistant, S-susceptible, WT-wild-type, NR-number of specimens that did not amplify for sequencing, n-number, pDST-phenotypic drug susceptibility testing, LPA-line probe assay