Rifampicin resistance conferring mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Rwanda

Background: The World Health Organization-endorsed phenotypic and genotypic drug-susceptibility testing (gDST/pDST) assays for the detection of rifampicin-resistant (RR) tuberculosis (TB), may miss some clinically relevant rpoB mutants, including borderline mutations and mutations outside the gDST-t...

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Main Authors: Isabel Cuella-Martin, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Gabriela Torrea, Conor Joseph Meehan, Wim Mulders, Bertin Ushizimpumu, Louise De Weerdt, Jelle Keysers, Willem Bram De Rijk, Tom Decroo, Bouke C De Jong, Leen Rigouts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=3;spage=274;epage=281;aulast=Cuella-Martin