Relationship between pyrazinamide resistance, loss of pyrazinamidase activity, and mutations in the pncA locus in multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2317-2319

  Mestdagh, M ^a   Fonteyne, P A ^b   Realini, L ^b   Rossau, R ^c   Jannes, G ^c   Mijs, W ^c   De Smet, K A L ^c   Portaels, F ^b   Van Den Eeckhout, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRAZINAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032876287     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.9.2317     Document Type: Article

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