Characterization of pyrazinamide resistance in consecutive multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in sweden between 2003 and 2015

Background: The first line anti-tuberculosis drug pyrazinamide (PZA) is important when treating PZA susceptible multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Several drug resistance surveys have however reported PZA resistance among a significant proportion of multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases and this u...

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Main Authors: Mikael Mansjo, Jim Werngren, Sven Hoffner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2017;volume=6;issue=2;spage=156;epage=161;aulast=Mansjo