Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis presenting unusually high discordance between genotypic and phenotypic resistance to rifampicin in an endemic tuberculosis setting.

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BACKGROUND: Since the implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF in Sao Paulo, Brazil, numerous Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates presenting "rifampicin-resistant genotype with rifampicin-susceptible phenotype" were observed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, rpoB mutations and transmission of M. tuberculosis resistant to rifampicin on Xpert MTB/RIF but susceptible on BACTEC MGIT system, in Sao Paulo state....

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