Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from the cerebrospinal fluid of meningitis patients at six fever hospitals in Egypt

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1651-1655

  Cooksey, Robert C ^a   Abbadi, Said H ^a   Woodley, Charles L ^a   Sikes, David ^a   Wasfy, Momtaz ^a   Crawford, Jack T ^a   Mahoney, Frank ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPREOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EGYPT; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EGYPT; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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

EID: 0036251940     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1651-1655.2002     Document Type: Article

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