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Can inhA mutation predict ethionamide resistance?
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jan 2013
Vadwai V, Ajbani K, Jose M, Vineeth V P, Nikam C, Deshmukh M, Shetty A, Soman R, Rodrigues C
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: A tertiary care centre in Mumbai, India. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the extent of association between inhA mutant isoniazid (INH) resistant strains and ethionamide (ETH) resistance. DESIGN: A total of 140 clinical isolates processed for INH and ETH phenotypic drug susceptibility testing, and molecularly processed with the line-probe assay (LPA) Genotype® MTBDRplus, were considered. RESULTS: Among the 112...
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