Molecular analysis of katG gene mutations in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from Africa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1601-1603

  Haas, Walter H ^a   Schilke, Kathrin ^a   Brand, Jeanette ^b   Amthor, Beate ^a   Weyer, Karin ^b   Fourie, P Bernard ^b   Bretzel, Gisela ^c   Sticht Groh, Veronica ^c   Bremer, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association   (Germany)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030858480     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.7.1601     Document Type: Article

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