Antimycobacterial activity of linezolid against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Iran

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¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Tehran University of Medical Sciences, International Campus (TUMS-IC), Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
⁵ Department of Mycobacteriology, Masoud Medical Laboratory, Mirdamad Street, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mfeizabadi@tums.ac.ir.

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Hossein Kazemian et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;45(6):668-70.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.02.004. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Tehran University of Medical Sciences, International Campus (TUMS-IC), Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
⁵ Department of Mycobacteriology, Masoud Medical Laboratory, Mirdamad Street, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mfeizabadi@tums.ac.ir.

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