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Pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis arises after rifampicin and fluoroquinolone resistance.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jun 2015
Alame-Emane A K, Xu P, Pierre-Audigier C, Cadet-Daniel V, Shen X, Sraouia M, Siawaya J F Djoba, Takiff H, Gao Q, Gicquel B
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) constitute a major public health concern. OBJECTIVE: To determine the timing of pncA mutations that confer pyrazinamide (PZA) resistance in relation to mutations conferring resist...
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