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Isoniazid induces its own resistance in nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2007
Siddiqi Salman, Takhar Param, Baldeviano Christian, Glover William, Zhang Ying
Abstract excerpt
Isoniazid (INH) resistance is most frequent among drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. This study was conducted to investigate whether INH could induce its own resistance. During INH susceptibility testing in BACTEC 12B and MGIT 960 media, weekly subcultures were made from the drug-containing media into fresh medium without drug and susceptibility testing was performed. Rifampin (RIF) was...
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