Pyrazinamide-monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 647-650

  Hannan, M M ^a   Desmond, E P ^a   Morlock, G P ^a   Mazurek, G H ^a   Crawford, J T ^a  

^a Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN OXYR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN PNCA; PYRAZINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALIFORNIA; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PYRAZINAMIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BORIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035122896     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.647-650.2001     Document Type: Article

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