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Mutations associated with in vitro resistance to bedaquiline in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Australia.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jul 2018
Martinez Elena, Hennessy Daneeta, Jelfs Peter, Crighton Taryn, Chen Sharon C-A, Sintchenko Vitali
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide analysis of 517 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from New South Wales, Australia, have identified previously reported and 8 new mutations in Rv0678 and atpE genes linked to in vitro resistance to bedaquiline, a new class of antimycobacterial drugs. These mutations were present in 2.9% of prospectively sequenced genomes but in 10.6% of strains that were phenotypically multidrug-resistant. However...
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