Evaluation of various methods of susceptibility to ofloxacin in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue DEC., 1999, Pages 186-189

  Sulochana, S ^a   Venkataraman, P ^a   Paramasivan, C N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Ofloxacin susceptibility test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OFLOXACIN;

EID: 0033256474     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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