PREVALANCE OF GENETIC MUTATION ASSOSIATED WITH (RPOB) RIFAMPICIN RESISTANT AMONG THE TREATED TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused predominantly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. India accounts for one fourth of the global TB burden. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) undermines control efforts and its burden is poorly understood in resource-limited settings. Drug resistant TB is a laboratory based diagnosis and is performed either by phenotypic drug susceptibility testing using solid/liquid culture or genotypic testing for detection of resistance by Line Probe Assay/Cartridge based Nucleic Acid Amplification tests.