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Molecular characterization of isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Xi'an, China.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2011
Zhou Aiping, Nawaz Muhammad, Duan Yan, Moore John E, Millar Beverley Cherie, Xu Jiru, Yao Yufeng
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The increased prevalence of isoniazid (INH)-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has become a significant challenge for TB control in the last 10 years. It has been reported that INH resistance is most frequently associated with katG 315 and inhA-15 mutations. The relative significance of these mutations in INH-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their association with the different genotypes of M. tuberculosis in...
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