Resazurin microtiter assay plate: Simple and inexpensive method for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2720-2722

  Palomino, Juan Carlos ^a   Martin, Anandi ^a   Camacho, Mirtha ^a   Guerra, Humberto ^a   Swings, Jean ^a   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RESAZURIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERU;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMAN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXAZINES; PERU; RIFAMPIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBERCULOSIS; HUMANS; XANTHENES;

EID: 0035992072     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.8.2720-2722.2002     Document Type: Article

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