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High-level resistance to isoniazid and ethionamide in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Lisboa family is associated with inhA double mutations.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2013
Machado Diana, Perdigão João, Ramos Jorge, Couto Isabel, Portugal Isabel, Ritter Claudia, Boettger Erik C, Viveiros Miguel
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of isoniazid and ethionamide resistance and to identify associated mutations in endemic multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. METHODS: Seventeen clinical MDR tuberculosis (TB) strains were characterized by standard and semi-quantitative drug susceptibility testing to assess the...
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