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Biological and molecular characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates with low-level resistance to isoniazid in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Abe Chiyoji, Kobayashi Ikuo, Mitarai Satoshi, Wada Masako, Kawabe Yoshiko, Takashima Tetsuya, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Sng Li-Hwei, Wang Suxing, Htay Hla Hla, Ogata Hideo
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We reevaluated the BACTEC MGIT 960 antimicrobial susceptibility testing system (MGIT 960 AST) by using 1,112 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When the results of MGIT 960 AST were compared with that of the proportion method using Ogawa medium (Ogawa PM), discrepant results were obtained fo...
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