Discrimination of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 fingerprint subclusters by rpoB gene mutation analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3022-3024

  Portugal, Isabel ^a,b   Maia, Sara ^a   Moniz Pereira, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032780218     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.3022-3024.1999     Document Type: Article

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