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Evaluation of a new line probe assay for rapid identification of gyrA mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2005
Giannoni Federico, Iona Elisabetta, Sementilli Federica, Brunori Lara, Pardini Manuela, Migliori Giovanni Battista, Orefici Graziella, Fattorini Lanfranco
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Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones (FQ) results mostly from mutations in the gyrA gene. We developed a reverse hybridization-based line probe assay in which oligonucleotide probes carrying the wild-type gyrA sequence, a serine-to-threonine (S95T) polymorphism, and gyrA m...
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