Consistency of standard laboratory strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37 Rv with ethionamide susceptibility testing.

R Lakshmi, Vanaja Kumar, Fathima Rahman, Ranjani Ramachandran

The Indian journal of medical research 2012 May

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Drug susceptibility pattern of standard Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H 37 Rv showed discrepancy in minimum inhibitory concentration method for ethionamide and consistent results were obtained for the other second line drugs namely, kanamycin and ofloxacin. It is, therefore, necessary to revisit the susceptibility testing method for ethionamide for effective clinical management of patients with drug resistant tuberculosis.

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R Lakshmi, Vanaja Kumar, Fathima Rahman, Ranjani Ramachandran. Consistency of standard laboratory strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37 Rv with ethionamide susceptibility testing. The Indian journal of medical research. 2012 May;135(5):672-4