Relationship between the isoniazid-resistant mutation katGS315T and the prevalence of MDR-/XDR-TB in Osaka, Japan. - Concepedia

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Relationship between the isoniazid-resistant mutation katGS315T and the prevalence of MDR-/XDR-TB in Osaka, Japan.

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Ano H, Tetsuro Matsumoto, Toshinori Suetake, Takayuki Nagai, Yoshitaka Tamura, Isamu Takamatsu, Tsutomu Iwasaki, H Matsuoka, Shinji Sasada, Sekai Tetsumoto,

Abstract

The clustering rate by IS6110-RFLP was very high among MDR-/XDR-TB isolates with katGS315T. Our study indicates a strong correlation between the katGS315T mutation and the transmission dynamics of MDR-TB, and especially XDR-TB.