Molecular analysis of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from Korea by polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism sequence analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 585-589

  Lee, H ^a   Cho, Sang Nae ^a   Bang, H E ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Bae, G H ^b   Kim, S J ^b   Kim, J D ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; PCR SSCP sequence analysis; Rifampin resistance; rpoB

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; KOREA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031822101     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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