Evaluating current methods for determination of the susceptibility of mycobacteria to pyrazinamide, conventional, radiometric Bactec and two methods of pyrazinamidase testing

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Cutler, R R ^a,b   Wilson, P ^a   Villarroel, J ^a   Clarke, F V ^a  

^a Newham Dist Microbiol Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b Newham Dist Microbiol Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDES;

'CURRENT; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYRAZINAMIDE; RADIOMETRICS;

ALGAE;

AMIDASE; PYRAZINAMIDASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031027839     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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