Kawulur HSI
Indonesia
Research Article
Analysis and Mutation of Codon in rpoB and katG Genes and Bioinformatics Study of RIF Binding Model by RNA β Polymerase Subunit: Study in Tuberculosis Patients at Merauke General Hospital-Indonesia
Author(s): Kawulur HSI and Ngili YKawulur HSI and Ngili Y
Treatment of TB patients is usually done by administering three types of antituberculosis drugs with the main options being Rifampin (RIF) and Isoniazid (INH), then accompanied by streptomycin or pyrazinamide. RIF resistance is attributable to the mutation of the rpoB gene, the gene that produces the RNA polymerase β-subunit, and the INH resistance is largely due to the mutation of the katG gene. The aim of this study was to obtain information on the association of MDR-TB with related genes, as well as information on the combination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype in tuberculosis patients in Merauke. Here we reported that most of the MDRTB isolates are resistant to other antituberculosis drugs, and the mutation frequency of rpoB526 and rpoB531 (mutations that occur on both sides/this place almost always occur together) is almost the same but the katG315 mutation is present.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2153-0602.1000214