Genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and identification of 11 novel rpoB alleles in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1390-1394

  Jou, Ruwen ^a   Chen, Huang Yau ^a   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^d   Yu, Ming Chih ^b   Su, Ih Jen ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14944351944     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1390-1394.2005     Document Type: Article

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