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Role of Epistasis in Amikacin, Kanamycin, Bedaquiline, and Clofazimine Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 18 Oct 2021
Vargas Roger, Freschi Luca, Spitaleri Andrea, Tahseen Sabira, Barilar Ivan, Niemann Stefan, Miotto Paolo, Cirillo Daniela Maria, Köser Claudio U, Farhat Maha R
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Antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens poses a major global health threat. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is estimated to have the highest resistance rates of any pathogen globally. Given the low growth rate and the need for a biosafety level 3 laboratory, the only realistic avenue to scale up drug susceptibility testing (DST) for this pathogen is to rely on genotypic techniques. This raises...
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