Kat G mutations in isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Thai patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Paca uccaralertkun, S ^a   Chuchottaworn, C ^b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b Central Chest Hospital Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; HETERODUPLEX; ISONIAZID; PEROXIDASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THAILAND;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PEROXIDASES; THAILAND;

EID: 0031151903     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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