Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction-based universal heteroduplex generator assay for direct detection of rifampin susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 446-450

  Williams, Diana L ^a   Spring, Laynette ^b   Gillis, Thomas P ^b   Salfinger, Max ^b   Persing, David H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031906603     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516313     Document Type: Article

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