Sub-minimum inhibitory concentration of rifampin: a potential risk factor for resuscitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Table 2 Relative expression results of rpf genes under sub MIC of rifampin

M. tuberculosis strains	rpfA	rpfB	rpfC	rpfD	rpfE
1	1.073 ^*	0.765	1.191 ^*	20.580 ^**	0.973
2	0.451	0.746	3.976 ^**	1.600 ^*	0.838
3	1.249 ^*	0.650	0.637	1.211 ^*	1.009 ^*
4	1.165 ^*	0.633	1.174 ^*	1.724 ^*	2.575 ^**
5	0.493	2.644 ^**	5.275 ^**	2.854 ^**	1.356 ^*
6	0.767	0.760	0.901	1.642 ^*	1.022 ^*
7	0.567	0.956	1.361 ^*	0.790	0.970
8	0.781	1.298 ^*	0.498	26.750 ^*	2.017 ^**
9	0.410 ^*	13.390 ^**	6.726 ^**	1.399 ^*	1.904 ^*
10	1.309 ^*	1.170 ^*	1.324 ^*	0.641	0.771
11	–	0.398 ^*	1.168 ^*	0.752	0.932
12	0.727	1.087 ^*	0.671	1.206 ^*	1.021 ^*
13	1.458 ^*	0.986	0.655	0.978	1.250 ^*
14	1.432 ^*	0.385 ^*	1.542 ^*	1.344 ^*	1.198 ^*
15	1.738 ^*	0.789	0.475	0.834	0.665

Bold ratio: *Statistically significant; P < 0.05, Relative expression compared with corresponding M. tuberculosis control growth in the absence of the rifampin
Bold ratio: **Statistically highly significant; P < 0.001, Relative expression compared with corresponding M. tuberculosis control growth in the absence of the rifampin
-: qPCR failure

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