Discordance in Genotypic and Phenotypic anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility results: time to reconsider critical concentration.
Arti Shrivas, Sarman Singh, Jitendra Singh, Prem Shankar, Payal Soni, Syed Beenish Rufai, Anand Kumar Maurya, Shashank Purwar
The paper identifies phenotypic and genotypic discordance in rifampicin resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, showing 15% of isolates misclassified as susceptible despite low-level resistance mutations.
Microbiology Spectrum · Feb 4, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology