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Characterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis selected in the laboratory and isolated from patients.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1995
Alangaden G J, Manavathu E K, Vakulenko S B, Zvonok N M, Lerner S A
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To examine the mechanism of resistance to fluoroquinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we selected spontaneous fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants from a susceptible strain, H37Rv, and studied the susceptibilities of these mutants and two fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical isolates (A-382, A-564) to various fluoroquinolones and to isoniazid and rifampin. Furthermore, since mutations within the quinolone...
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