Frequency of rpoB mutations inside and outside the cluster I region in rifampin-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-110

  Heep, M ^a   Brandstatter B ^a   Rieger, U ^a   Lehn, N ^a   Richter, E ^a   Rusch Gerdes S ^a   Niemann, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 0035171535     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.107-110.2001     Document Type: Article

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