Detection of Ethambutol-Resistant Associated Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Iran Using Multiplex Allele-Specific PCR

• Main Authors: Somayeh Bahrami (Author), Ahmad Reza Bahrmand (Author), Elham Safarpour (Author), Morteza Masoumi (Author), Mahnaz Saifi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis is a serious global public health problem and its high prevalence is stron gly associated with the enhancement of drug resistance. In this study we demonstrate a multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (MAS)-PCR assay to simultaneously detect mutations in the first and third...