Molecular characterization of rifampin-resistant isolates of Mycobactedum tuberculosis from Hungary by DNA sequencing and the line probe assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3736-3739

  Bartfai Z ^a   Somoskovi A ^a   Kodmon C ^a   Szabo N ^a   Puskas E ^a   Kosztolanyi L ^a   Farago E ^a   Mester, J ^a   Parsons, L M ^a   Salfinger, M ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE PROBE; HUNGARY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034793134     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3736-3739.2001     Document Type: Article

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