Multiple-mutations in the katG encoding catalase proxidase in isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates correlate with high-level of resistance in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis in Iran
M. Karim Rahimi3 S. Zaker bostanabad1, 3, 4*, P. Adimi3, M. Shekarabei4, 6, M. Habibollah4, F. Shirmohammadi4, Kh. Bigdeli4, A. Faraji4, B. Delalat4, Z. Tayebi3, M. Masoumi3, E. Jabbarzadeh2, Sh. Pourazar2 and L. P. Titov5
1Islamic Azad University, Parand Branch, Biology and Microbiology Department, Iran.
2Pasteur Institute of Iran, Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research Department, Iran.
3Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Microbiology Department, Iran.
4Masoud Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Islamic Azad University, Iran.
5Belarusian Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology, Belarus.
6Iran Medical University, Immunology Department, Iran.
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