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Original Articles

Association of gyrA/B mutations and resistance levels to fluoroquinolones in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Pages 1-5 | Received 23 Sep 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019
 

Abstract

To evaluate the association between mutations in the genes gyrA/B and resistance levels to fluoroquinolones in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a total of 80 ofloxacin-resistant isolates collected in 2009 by the Shanghai Municipal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were studied. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ofloxacin, moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin for each isolate was determined using the microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay. Sequencing was used to identify mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the gyrA and gyrB genes. In total, 68 isolates had mutations in gyrA, three isolates had mutations in gyrB, six isolates had mutations in both gyrA and gyrB, and three isolates had no mutations. Two common mutations in gyrA, the D94G and D94N mutations, were associated with higher-level resistance to all three fluoroquinolones than two other common mutations (A90V and D94A). Understanding the relationship between MICs and mutations in ofloxacin-resistant isolates will facilitate the optimization of the use of new-generation fluoroquinolones to treat patients with ofloxacin-resistant tuberculosis (TB).

This work was supported by grants from the Key Project of the Chinese National Programs, China (2013ZX10004903-006) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31301033).