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Molecular characterisation of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from North India.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Feb 2013
Yadav R, Sethi S, Dhatwalia S K, Gupta D, Mewara A, Sharma M
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: A tertiary care hospital in North India. OBJECTIVES: To analyse the frequency of mutations associated with resistance to rifampicin (RMP), isoniazid (INH) and streptomycin (SM) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. DESIGN: M. tuberculosis isolates from 171 pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients (newly diagnosed 102, 59.6%; retreated 69, 40.3%) were analysed. Drug susceptibility testing was performed using the...
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