Performance of BACTEC 960 Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube in the Susceptibility Testing of Genetically Characterized Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 757-759

  Marttila, H J ^b   Marjamaki M ^a   Viljanen, M K ^b   Soini, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346992048     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1030-3     Document Type: Article

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