Characterization of rpoB mutations in rifampin-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Greece

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-23

  Matsiota Bernard, Peggy ^a   Vrioni, Georgia ^a,b   Marinis, Evangelos ^b  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTIDINE; ISONIAZID; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SERINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031975287     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.20-23.1998     Document Type: Article

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