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Thr202Ala in thyA is a marker for the Latin American Mediterranean lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex rather than para-aminosalicylic acid resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2010
Feuerriegel Silke, Köser Claudio, Trübe Leona, Archer John, Rüsch Gerdes Sabine, Richter Elvira, Niemann Stefan
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in the development of resistance represent powerful markers for the rapid detection of first- and second-line resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates. However, the association between particular mutations and phenotypic resistance is not always clear-cut, and phylogenetic SNPs have been misclassified as resistance markers in the...
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