Low-stringency single-specific-primer PCR as a tool for detection of mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3384-3386

  Carvalho, Wania S ^a   De Miranda, Silvana Spindola ^a   Costa, Kátia M ^a   Araújo, José G V C ^a   Augusto, Claudio J ^b   Pesquero, João B ^c   Pesquero, Jorge L ^a   Gomes, Maria A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

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

EID: 0037818354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3384-3386.2003     Document Type: Article

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