Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Resistant to Isoniazid at a Slow Growth Rate by Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in katG Codon Ser315.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Resistant to Isoniazid at a Slow Growth Rate by Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in katG Codon Ser315.

An important aim for improving TB treatment is to shorten the period of antibiotic therapy without increasing relapse rates or encouraging the development of antibiotic-resistant strains. In any M. tuberculosis population there is a proportion of bacteria that are drug-tolerant; this might be becaus...

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Main Authors: Rose E Jeeves, Alice A N Marriott, Steven T Pullan, Kim A Hatch, Jon C Allnutt, Irene Freire-Martin, Charlotte L Hendon-Dunn, Robert Watson, Adam A Witney, Richard H Tyler, Catherine Arnold, Philip D Marsh, Timothy D McHugh, Joanna Bacon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4575197?pdf=render

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