Disequilibria in the distribution of rpoB alleles in rifampicin- resistant M. tuberculosis isolates from Germany and Sierra Leone

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Rinder, Heinz ^a,e   Dobner, Petra ^a   Feldmann, Knut ^b   Rifai, Mohammed ^b   Bretzel, Gisela ^c   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^d   Löscher, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS FACHKLINIKEN MÜNCHEN GAUTING   (Germany)

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

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030939777     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.195     Document Type: Article

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