Molecular genetic analysis of nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ethambutol resistance in human isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 326-336

  Ramaswamy, Srinivas V ^a,b   Amin, Amol G ^b   Göksel, Servet ^b,d   Stager, Charles E ^b   Dou, Shu Jun ^b   El Sahly, Hana ^b   Moghazeh, Soraya L ^c   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c   Musser, James M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ETHAMBUTOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPERON; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033966182     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.2.326-336.2000     Document Type: Article

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