Contribution of kasA analysis to detection of isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Singapore

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2087-2089

  Lee, Ann S G ^a   Lim, Irene H K ^b   Tang, Lynn L H ^b   Telenti, Amalio ^c   Wong, Sin Yew ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ISONIAZID; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032865158     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.8.2087     Document Type: Article

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