Line probe assay for rapid detection of mutations in the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 582-585

  Liu, Yung Ching ^a,b   Huang, Tsi Shu ^a   Huang, Wen Kuei ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

INNO LiPA Rif TB assay; Line probe assay; Rifampin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032849566     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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