Heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-345

  Rinder, H ^a   Mieskes, K T ^a   Loscher T ^a  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Heteroresistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0035042331     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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