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Predicting extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis phenotypes with genetic mutations.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Rodwell Timothy C, Valafar Faramarz, Douglas James, Qian Lishi, Garfein Richard S, Chawla Ashu, Torres Jessica, Zadorozhny Victoria, Kim Min Soo, Hoshide Matt, Catanzaro Donald, Jackson Lynn, Lin Grace, Desmond Edward, Rodrigues Camilla, Eisenach Kathy, Victor Thomas C, Ismail Nazir, Crudu Valeru, Gler Maria Tarcela, Catanzaro Antonino
Abstract excerpt
Molecular diagnostic methods based on the detection of mutations conferring drug resistance are promising technologies for rapidly detecting multidrug-/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR TB), but large studies of mutations as markers of resistance are rare. The Global Consortium for Drug-Resistant TB Diagnostics analyzed 417 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from multinational sites with a high...
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