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Novel mutations conferring resistance to kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Northern India.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2016
Kaur Simerpreet, Rana Vibhuti, Singh Pooja, Trivedi Garima, Anand Shashi, Kaur Amanpreet, Gupta Pawan, Jain Amita, Sharma Charu
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Twenty-nine Kanamycin resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Northern India were screened to evaluate genetic mutations in rrs gene, eis gene with its promoter, and whiB7 gene along with its 5'UTR. 14 strains (~48.0%) collectively exhibited mutations in rrs, eis or whiB7 target regions. While the highest frequency of mutations was found in rrs gene, eis and whiB7 loci displayed novel...
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