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Identification of mutations in 23S rRNA gene of clarithromycin-resistant Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 1994
Meier A, Kirschner P, Springer B, Steingrube V A, Brown B A, Wallace R J, Böttger E C
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Clarithromycin is a potent macrolide that has been used for treating infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria. Pairs of susceptible and resistant Mycobacterium intracellulare strains were obtained from patients with chronic pulmonary M. intracellulare infections undergoing monotherapy with clarithromycin. Nucleotide sequence comparisons of the peptidyltransferase region in 23S rRNAs from parental and resistant...
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