Minor Contribution of inhA-15 Mutations to the Rapid Detection of Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates

Document Type : Letter(s) to the Editor

Authors

Roya Abkar ¹

Mohammad Reza Zolfaghari ¹

Mohammad Arjomandzadegan ²

Azam Ahmadi ²

Maryam Sadrnia ³

Manijeh Kahbazi ²

Hossein Sarmadian ²

Reza Moaddab ⁴

¹ Department of Microbiology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

² Tuberculosis and Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran

³ Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Iran

⁴ Medical Laboratory Sciences and Research Center for TB and Pulmonary Diseases, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Keywords

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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