Safe determination of susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antimycobacterial agents by flow cytometry

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 479-483

  Moore, Andrea V ^a,b   Kirk, Scott M ^c   Callister, Steven M ^d   Mazurek, Gerald H ^e   Schell, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BIO RAD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033065888     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.479-483.1999     Document Type: Article

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