Simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium leprae and its susceptibility to dapsone using DNA heteroduplex analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2083-2088

  Williams, D L ^a   Pittman, T L ^a   Gillis, T P ^a   Matsuoka, M ^a   Kashiwabara, Y ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DAPSONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035005120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2083-2088.2001     Document Type: Article

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