Measurement of sputum Mycobacterium tuberculosis messenger RNA as a surrogate for response to chemotherapy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Desjardin, Lucy E ^b   Perkins, Mark D ^b   Wolski, Kathy ^b   Haun, Shirley ^b   Teixeira, Luciléia ^b   Chen, Ying ^b   Johnson, John L ^b   Ellner, Jerrold J ^b   Dietze, Reynaldo ^b   Bates, Joseph ^b   Cave, M Donald ^b   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032772312     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9811006     Document Type: Article

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