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Mechanism of resistance to amikacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 1998
Alangaden G J, Kreiswirth B N, Aouad A, Khetarpal M, Igno F R, Moghazeh S L, Manavathu E K, Lerner S A
Abstract excerpt
An A1400G mutation of the rrs gene was identified in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strain ATCC 35827 and in 13 MTB clinical isolates resistant to amikacin-kanamycin (MICs, >128 microg/ml). High-level cross-resistance may result from such a mutation since MTB has a single copy of the rrs gene....
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