Rapid measurement of antimycobacterial drug activity

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-86

  Gordon, S ^a   Houldsworth, S ^a   Duncan, K ^b   Roberts, I S ^a   Andrew, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LUCIFERASE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029877720     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)80208-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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