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Molecular Analysis of katG Encoding Catalase-Peroxidase from Clinical Isolate of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of medicine and life - 1 Jan 2000
Purkan P, Ihsanawati I, Natalia D, Syah Y M, Retnoningrum D S, Siswanto I
Abstract excerpt
Isoniazid (INH) is a drug for the treatment of tuberculosis in patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The katG enzyme, or catalase-peroxidase, activates the pro-drug INH that is coded by the katG gene in M. tuberculosis. Mutations of the katG gene in M. tuberculosis are a major INH resistance mechanism. The M. tuberculosis clinical isolate R2 showed INH resistance at a high level of 10 µg/mL. However,...
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