Mutations at amino acid position 315 of the katG gene are associated with high-level resistance to isoniazid, other drug resistance, and successful transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in The Netherlands

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1788-1790

  Schwartz, David A ^a   Sungkarat, Suthi ^b   Shaffer, Nathan ^c,e   Laosakkitiboran, Jirasak ^e   Supapol, Wendy ^e   Charoenpanich, Pichai ^b   Chuangsuwanich, Tuenjai ^d   Mastro, Timothy D ^c,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PEROXIDASES; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033711560     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317598     Document Type: Article

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