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High level association of mutation in KatG315 with MDR and XDR clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Belarus.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Dec 2009
Setareh M, Titov L P, Surkova L K
Abstract excerpt
The mutation in KatG315 is found in the majority of isoniazid resistant strains worldwide, especially in areas with a high incidence of tuberculosis. A total of 138 isoniazid (INH)-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis consisting of 108 MDR (multidrug resistant) and 30 XDR (extensively drug resistant) isolated from patients in different regions of Belarus from 2007 to 2008 were screened by a PCR...
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