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Systematic analysis of pyrazinamide-resistant spontaneous mutants and clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2012
Stoffels Karolien, Mathys Vanessa, Fauville-Dufaux Maryse, Wintjens René, Bifani Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a first-line antitubercular drug known for its activity against persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. We set out to systematically determine the PZA susceptibility profiles and mutations in the pyrazinamidase (pncA) gene of a collection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) clinical isolates and PZA-resistant (PZA(r)) spontaneous mutants. The frequency of acquired resistance...
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