[ANALYSIS OF MUTATION IN CODON 531 rpoB GENE, ASSOCIATED WITH RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE AMONG SAMPLES OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS THAT WAS ISOLATED FROM THE PATIENTS].

In the conditions of high relative density of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Ukraine, rapid diagnostics of M. tuberculosis susceptibility to antituberculous drugs is the important tool in treatment of patients with lung tuberculosis. 78 patients with lung TB that were treated in TB dispensary in Kharkiv during 2004-2005 years were analyzed.