Article
Prevalence of mutations in genes associated with isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from re-treated smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A meta-analysis.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Sept 2018
Alagappan Chitra, Sunil Shivekar Smita, Brammacharry Usharani, Cuppusamy Kapalamurthy Vidya Raj, Sakkaravarthy Anbazhagi, Subashkumar Rathinasamy, Muthaiah Muthuraj
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of isoniazid (INH) monoresistance is high in India. In this study, molecular epidemiological characteristics associated with INH resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in codon katG315 and in the promoter region of the inhA gene were investigated. METHODS: Sputum specimens of smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients were subjected to GenoType MTBDRplus assay to identify...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Bacterial Proteins
- Catalase
- Female
- Genotyping Techniques
- Humans
- India
- Isoniazid
- Male
- Mutation
