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Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing.
The Indian journal of tuberculosis - 1 Apr 2009
Shenai Shubhada, Rodrigues Camilla, Sadani Meeta, Sukhadia Nesline, Mehta Ajita
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate Pyrazinamide (PZA) susceptibility results obtained by phenotypic MGIT 960 TB system against enzymatic Pyrazinamidase assay and genotypic pncA gene sequencing. To find the prevalence of infections caused by M. bovis in PZA resistant M. tuberculosis complex isolates. METHODS: 33 consecutive PZA resistant and 30 consecutive PZA susceptible isolates reported for PZA susceptibility testing by...
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