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[Heteroresistance in Mycobacteria tuberculosis is an important factor for the inconsistency between the results of phenotype and genotype drug susceptibility tests].
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Gao Xu, Li Jing, Liu Qingyun, Shen Xin, Mei Jian, Gao Qian
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of heteroresistance on the results of genotype drug susceptibility test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). METHODS: A total of 80 phenotype ofloxacin-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from Shanghai Municipal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were included in the study. The mutations of gyrA and gyrB in each isolate were identified by gene...
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