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Resistant mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis selected in vitro do not reflect the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2009
Bergval Indra L, Schuitema Anja R J, Klatser Paul R, Anthony Richard M
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OBJECTIVES: The high prevalence of isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often explained by a high mutation rate for this trait, although detailed information to support this theory is absent. We studied the development of isoniazid resistance in vitro, making use of a laboratory strain of M. tuberculosis. METHODS: Spontaneous isoniazid-resistant mutants were characterized by molecular methods...
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