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Tuberculosis ethambutol resistance: concordance between phenotypic and genotypic test results.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Nov 2009
Plinke Claudia, Cox Helen S, Kalon Stobdan, Doshetov Daribay, Rüsch-Gerdes Sabine, Niemann Stefan
Abstract excerpt
embB306 mutations are potential markers for detecting ethambutol resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. However, more recently, embB306 mutations have been found in ethambutol susceptible isolates and an association with broad drug resistance rather than ethambutol resistance has been reported. To further investigate this question, we analyzed the association between embB306 mutations and...
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