AST	antibiotic susceptibility testing
d	days
EtBr	ethidium bromide
h	hours
INH	isoniazid
K	efflux rate constant
LAM	Latin American-Mediterranean
MDR	multidrug resistant
qDST	quantitative drug susceptibility testing
R	resistant
RIF	rifampicin
Suscep/S	susceptible
SIT	spoligotype international type
TB	tuberculosis
TTD	time to detection
TZ	thioridazine
VP	verapamil
wt	wild-type sequence
XDR	extensively drug resistant.