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SUBMITTER: Streicher EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313251 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Streicher Elizabeth M EM Maharaj Kashmeel K York Talita T Van Heerden Carel C Barnard Marinus M Diacon Andreas A Mendel Carl M CM Bosman Marlein E ME Hepple Juli A JA Pym Alexander S AS Warren Robin M RM van Helden Paul D PD
Journal of clinical microbiology 20140827 11
We developed a pyrazinamidase gene DNA-sequencing method to rapidly identify pyrazinamide resistance-causing mutations in GenoLyse-treated, smear-positive sputum specimens. The sensitivity and specificity were 90.9 and 100%, respectively, compared to those of MGIT drug susceptibility testing, after the exclusion of synonymous mutations and nonsynonymous mutations previously associated with susceptibility to pyrazinamide. ...[more]