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Table 3 Rifampicin and rifabutin MICs of selected first generation in vitro mutants.

From: Acquisition of rifabutin resistance by a rifampicin resistant mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis involves an unusual spectrum of mutations and elevated frequency

rpoB Mutation

Number of Isolates

RIF MIC μg/ml

Number of Isolates

RFB MIC μg/ml

Wild

2

<4

2

<0.8

Q513L

1

256

1

>128

S522L

1

32

1

<0.8

H526Y

3

256

1

>128

 

1

128

2

128

   

1

64

H526D

3

256

1

>128

 

1

128

3

128

H526R

1

512

5

128

 

3

256

  
 

1

128

  

H526P

1

256

1

>128

S531L

4

256

1

>128

   

2

128

   

1

64

S531W

1

256

1

128