Comparison of PCR-heteroduplex characterization by automated DNA sequencing and line probe assay for the detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-269

  Kiepiela, P ^a   Bishop, K ^a   Kormuth, E ^a   Roux, L ^a   York, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; LEUCINE; PROLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032440371     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.263     Document Type: Article

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