Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after Acquisition of Isoniazid Resistance: Individual Nature of katG Mutants and the Possible Role of AhpC.

In the last decade, there were 10 million new tuberculosis cases per year globally. Around 9.5% of these cases were caused by isoniazid resistant (INHr) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains. Although isoniazid resistance in Mtb is multigenic, mutations in the catalase-peroxidase (katG) gene pred...

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Main Authors: Luisa Maria Nieto R, Carolina Mehaffy, Elizabeth Creissen, JoLynn Troudt, Amber Troy, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Marcos Burgos, Angelo Izzo, Karen M Dobos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5125630?pdf=render