A Systematic Review of Mutations Associated with Isoniazid Resistance Points to Lower Diagnostic Sensitivity for Common Mutations and Increased Incidence of Uncommon Mutations in Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Molecular testing is rapidly becoming integral to the global tuberculosis (TB) control effort. Uncommon mechanisms of resistance can escape detection by these platforms and lead to the development of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) strains. This article is a systematic review of published articles that reported isoniazid (INH) resistance-conferring mutations between September-2013 and December-2019. The aims were to catalogue mutations associated with INH resistance, estimate their global prevalence and co-occurrence, and their utility in molecular diagnostics. The genes commonly associated with INH resistance, katG, inhA, fabG1, and the intergenic region oxyR-ahpC were considered in this review. In total, 52 articles were included describing 5,632 INHR clinical isolates from 31 countries. The three most frequently mutated loci continue to be katG315 (4,100), inhA-15 (786), and inhA-8 (105). However, the diagnostic value of inhA-8 is far lower than previously thought, only appearing in 25 (0.4%) INHR isolates that lacked a mutation at the first two loci. Importantly, of the four katG loci recommended by the previous systematic review for diagnostics, only katG315 was observed in our INHR isolates. This indicates continued evolution and regional differences in INH resistance. We have identified 58 loci (common to both systematic reviews) in three genomic regions as a reliable basis for molecular diagnostics. We also report 49 new loci associated with INH resistance. Including all observed mutations provides a cumulative sensitivity of 85.1%. The most disconcerting is the remaining 14.9% of isolates that harbor an unknown mechanism of resistance, will escape molecular detection, and likely convert to MDR-TB, further complicating treatment. Integrating the information cataloged in this and other similar studies into current diagnostic tools is essential for combating the emergence of MDR-TB.
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