Large-scale genomic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals extent of target and compensatory mutations linked to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Abstract Resistance to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) first-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), together called multi-drug resistance, threatens tuberculosis control. Resistance mutations in katG (for INH) and rpoB (RIF) genes often come with fitness costs. To overcome these costs,...

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Main Authors: Gary Napier, Susana Campino, Jody E. Phelan, Taane G. Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27516-4