Can molecular methods detect 1% isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Institute of Tropical Medicine
Patients may harbour both drug susceptible and resistant bacteria, i.e. heteroresistance. We studied mixtures of isoniazid resistant and susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. Conventional drug susceptibility testing was the most sensitive whereas the line probe assay and sequencing were not able to detect the clinically relevant 1% proportion of resistant bacteria.