katG mutations in isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from Finnish patients

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2187-2189

  Marttila, Harri J ^a   Soini, Hanna ^a   Huovinen, Pentti ^a   Viljanen, Matti K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029817651     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.9.2187     Document Type: Article

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