Characterization of rpsL and rrs mutations in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from diverse geographic localities

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1024-1026

  Sreevatsan, Srinand ^a   Pan, Xi ^a   Stockbauer, Kathryn E ^a   Williams, Diana L ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c   Musser, James M ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION;

EID: 0029978270     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.1024     Document Type: Note

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