“…Results showed various phenotypic resistance profiles ( Table 2 ); out of total 1792 MTB specimens, 874 (48.77%) were susceptible for all first-line drugs, 248 (13.84%) were isoniazid resistant (INH R ), 436 (24.33%) were RIF resistant, and 234 (13.05%) were MDR. Among 918 MTB strains phenotypically resistant to rifampicin and/or isoniazid (248 INH R , 436 RIF R , and 234 MDR), 495 (238 RIF R , 234 MDR, and 23 INH R ) were subjected to rpoB mutation analysis by various genotyping resistance tests: PCR and DNA sequencing [ 25 , 26 ], qPCR-HRM [ 29 ], and rifoligotyping [ 24 ], where the genotypic tests were done after culture and the DNA was immediately used or stored at −20°C until use; however, for GenoType® MTBDR plus V2.0 [ 27 , 28 ], the assay was applied directly in the sputum specimens or after solid culture ( Table 2 ). In comparison to phenotypic data, 49 (10.38%) (8 MDR and 41 RIF R ) MTB strains phenotypically resistant to RIF did not exhibit any mutation in the rpoB gene ( Table 2 ).…”