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Development of rifapentine susceptibility tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 1999
Heifets L, Sanchez T, Vanderkolk J, Pham V
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Two methods for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifapentine have been developed: the agar proportion method and the radiometric BACTEC technique. A critical concentration of 0.5 microg of rifapentine per ml is proposed for both methods since it provides a reliable means of distinguishing between susceptible and resistant M. tuberculosis isolates. It is recommended that two quality...
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