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Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA Polymorphisms That Do Not Confer Pyrazinamide Resistance at a Breakpoint Concentration of 100 Micrograms per Milliliter in MGIT.


ABSTRACT: Sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA gene allows for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing. We summarize data on pncA polymorphisms that do not confer resistance at a susceptibility breakpoint of 100 μg/ml pyrazinamide in MGIT within a cohort of isolates from South Africa and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SUBMITTER: Whitfield MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609709 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA Polymorphisms That Do Not Confer Pyrazinamide Resistance at a Breakpoint Concentration of 100 Micrograms per Milliliter in MGIT.

Whitfield Michael G MG   Warren Robin M RM   Streicher Elizabeth M EM   Sampson Samantha L SL   Sirgel Frik A FA   van Helden Paul D PD   Mercante Alexandra A   Willby Melisa M   Hughes Kelsey K   Birkness Kris K   Morlock Glenn G   van Rie Annelies A   Posey James E JE  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20150819 11


Sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA gene allows for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing. We summarize data on pncA polymorphisms that do not confer resistance at a susceptibility breakpoint of 100 μg/ml pyrazinamide in MGIT within a cohort of isolates from South Africa and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...[more]

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