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Association of rpoB mutations with rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium avium.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jan 2006
Obata Saiko, Zwolska Zofia, Toyota Emiko, Kudo Koichiro, Nakamura Akio, Sawai Tetsuo, Kuratsuji Tadatoshi, Kirikae Teruo
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium to rifampicin (RIF) was examined. All 32 clinical isolates tested, including 18 from Japan, 13 from Poland and 1 from Thailand, were resistant to RIF (minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) > or =32 microg/mL for 17 isolates and 2-16 microg/mL for 15 isolates), whereas the type strain of M. avium ATCC 25291 was susceptible to RIF (MIC < or = 0.03...
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