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Isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains arising from mutations in two different regions of the katG gene.
Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia - 1 Aug 2009
Siqueira Helio Ribeiro de, Freitas Flávia Alvim Dutra de, Oliveira Denise Neves de, Barreto Angela Maria Werneck, Dalcolmo Margareth Pretti, Albano Rodolpho Mattos
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the mutations in two different regions of the katG gene, which is responsible for isoniazid (INH) resistance. METHODS: We analyzed 97 multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in cultures of sputum samples obtained from the Professor Hélio Fraga Referral Center, in Brasília, Brazil. Another 6 INH-sensitive strains did not present mutations and were included...
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