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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, Tunisia, 2012–2016

Imen BouzouitaComments to Author , Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Alberto Trovato, Henda Daroui, Asma Ghariani, Basma Midouni, Leila Essalah, Emna Mehiri, Daniela Maria Cirillo, and Leila Slim Saidi
Author affiliations: National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, Ariana, Tunisia (I. Bouzouita, H. Daroui, A. Ghariani, B. Midouni, L. Essalah, E. Mehiri, L. Slim Saidi); University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia (I. Bouzouita, B. Midouni); San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy (A.M. Cabibbe, A. Trovato, D.M. Cirillo); University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia (A. Ghariani, E. Mehiri, L. Slim Saidi)

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Table 2

Mutations detected in genes conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, and capreomycin in study of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, Tunisia, 2012–2016*

No. strains Cluster Resistance to FQ, AG, or CAP on MGIT 960 gyrA gyrB rrs tlyA eis–p
3 1 OFX, LVX, KAN, AMK, CAP Asp94Gly† A1401G†
1 1 OFX, LVX, KAN, AMK, CAP Asp461His/Gly470Cys A1401G†
1 1 OFX, LVX Ala90Val†
1 1 OFX, LVX Asp94Gly†
1 3 OFX, LVX Ser91Pro†
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX, KAN Asp94Ala† Asp461Asn C-14T†
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX, CAP Ser91Pro† INS of 2G†
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX Asp94Ser
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX Ala90Val†
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX Asp461Asn
1 Not clustered OFX, LVX Asp94Tyr†

*Among second-line drugs, 7 strains were pre-XDR (FQ resistant) and 6 were XDR TB strains on MGIT 960. AG, aminoglycosides; AMK, amikacin; CAP, capreomycin; eis-p, eis promoter; FQ, fluoroquinolone; INS, insertion; KAN, kanamycin; LVX, levofloxacin, MGIT 960, Bactec MGIT 960 system (Becton, Dickinson and Company, http://www.bd.com); OFX, ofloxacin; TB, tuberculosis; XDR, extensively drug resistant.

†High-confidence mutations associated with FQ, AG, or CAP resistance according to (12).

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