First report of molecular detection of fluoroquinolone resistance-associated gyrA mutations in multidrug-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait.

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Published in BMC Res Notes on April 14, 2011

Authors

Noura M Al-Mutairi1, Suhail Ahmad, Eiman Mokaddas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. suhail_ah@hsc.edu.kw.

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