Detection of resistance to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by molecular methods

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 894-900

  Nachamkin, Irving ^a   Kang, Cynthia ^b   Weinstein, Melvin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODUPLEX; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030893650     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.894     Document Type: Article

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