Distribution of the Beijing family genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-100

  Jou, Ruwen ^a   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^b   Huang, Wei Lun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SPACER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 11844291386     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.95-100.2005     Document Type: Article

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