Evaluation of BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT 960) automated system for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4440-4444

  Ardito, F ^a   Posteraro, B ^a   Sanguinetti, M ^a   Zanetti, S ^a   Fadda, G ^a  

^a Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035205599     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4440-4444.2001     Document Type: Article

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