Genetic diversity and evidence for acquired antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a large hospital in South India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 140-147

  Harris Jr , Kenneth A ^a   Mukundan, Umadevi ^b   Musser, James M ^c   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^d   Lalitha, M K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Multidrug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; GENE PRODUCT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033652096     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(00)90075-4     Document Type: Article

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