Safe susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by flow cytometry with the fluorescent nucleic acid stain SYTO 16

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-81

  Pina Vaz, C ^a,b,c   Costa De Oliveira, S ^a,b   Rodrigues, A G ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISONIAZID; NUCLEIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SYTO 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 12744253455     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45627-0     Document Type: Article

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