Resistance to First-Line Anti-TB Drugs Is Associated with Reduced Nitric Oxide Susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jonna Idh; Mekidim Mekonnen; Ebba Abate; Wassihun Wedajo; Jim Werngren; Kristian Ängeby; Maria Lerm; Daniel Elias; Tommy Sundqvist; Abraham Aseffa; Olle Stendahl; Thomas Schön

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039891

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Resistance to First-Line Anti-TB Drugs Is Associated with Reduced Nitric Oxide Susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jonna Idh ,

* E-mail: jonna.idh@liu.se

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Mekidim Mekonnen,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Addis Ababa University, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Ebba Abate,

Affiliations Division of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Wassihun Wedajo,

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Jim Werngren,

Affiliation Unit of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Kristian Ängeby,

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology, MTC, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Maria Lerm,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Daniel Elias,

Affiliation Department of Cancer and Inflammation, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Tommy Sundqvist,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Abraham Aseffa,

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Olle Stendahl,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Thomas Schön

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden
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Resistance to First-Line Anti-TB Drugs Is Associated with Reduced Nitric Oxide Susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jonna Idh,
Mekidim Mekonnen,
Ebba Abate,
Wassihun Wedajo,
Jim Werngren,
Kristian Ängeby,
Maria Lerm,
Daniel Elias,
Tommy Sundqvist,
Abraham Aseffa

Published: June 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039891

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