| Literature DB >> 19923479 |
Pamela Chedore1, Lina Bertucci, Joyce Wolfe, Meenu Sharma, Frances Jamieson.
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During susceptibility testing of 743 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide (PZA) using the Bactec 960 system, 57 (7.7%) isolates showed PZA resistance. Repeat testing of resistant isolates with the Bactec 460 reference method confirmed 33 (4.4%) of these isolates as resistant, and 24 (3.2%) were susceptible. Erroneous results for resistance with the Bactec 960 were confirmed by testing the 24 discordant isolates for pyrazinamidase and mutations in the pncA gene.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19923479 PMCID: PMC2812260 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01775-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948