Characterization of rpoB gene mutations in rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients at 5 Mexican public hospitals

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 526-530

  Alvarado Esquivel, Cosme ^a   Rossau, Rudi ^a   Martínez García, Sergio ^a   Cisneros Martínez, Jorge Arturo ^a   Mijs, Wouters ^a   Nevárez Nájera, Adán ^a   Fierro Campa, Roberto ^a   Mercado Suárez, Miguel Francisco ^a   Hernández Campos, Simón ^a   Chacón Arciniega, Rosibeth ^a   Vásquez, Justino ^a   Saucedo Martínez, Guillermina ^a   Ruiz Astorga, Rosario ^a  

^a Inst de Investigacion Cientifica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Mutations; Resistance; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; NUCLEOTIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA CHAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MARKER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEXICO; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035719779     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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