Characterization of rpoB mutations in rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Middle East

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-232

  Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Araj, George F ^b   Akbar, Pallath K ^a   Fares, Esther ^c   Chugh, Tulsi D ^a   Mustafa, Abu S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USSR;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034534381     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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