Evaluation of Indirect Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the First- and Second-line, and Alternative Drugs by the Newer MB/BacT System

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-830

  Barreto, Angela Maria Werneck ^a   Araújo, Joselba Borges Melo ^a   De Melo Medeiros, Reginalda Ferreira ^a   De Souza Caldas, Paulo César ^a  

^a Serv Laboratorio Hemorio   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnostics; Multidrug; Resistant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0347622952     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600020     Document Type: Article

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