title: Comment on: characterization of the embB gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Barcelona and rapid detection of main mutations related to ethambutol resistance using a low-density DNA array.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK cuk21@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Claudio U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Köser
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
authors.forename: Josephine M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: Genomics and Health Unit, FISABIO, Valencia, Spain CIBER (Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red) in Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Iñaki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Comas
authors.affiliation: Molecular Mycobacteriology, Borstel, Germany German Centre for Infection Research, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feuerriegel
authors.affiliation: Molecular Mycobacteriology, Borstel, Germany German Centre for Infection Research, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niemann
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gagneux
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parkhill
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010430:Pentosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004977:Ethambutol; D010430:Pentosyltransferases
keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; ethambutol resistance; phylogenetic diversity
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