Comparative evaluation of cleavase fragment length polymorphism with PCR-SSCP and PCR-RFLP to detect antimicrobial agent resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Diagnosis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-91

  Sreevatsan, Srinand ^a   Bookout, Jack B ^a   Ringpis, Fidel M ^a   Mogazeh, Soraya L ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Pottathil, Raveendran R ^c   Barathur, Raj R ^a  

^a Center for Innovative Technololgies   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AccuDx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Isomiazid; KatG; Rifampicin; RpoB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLEAVASE; ENDONUCLEASE; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031830791     PISSN: 10848592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-8592(98)80056-8     Document Type: Article

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