High frequency of mutations in the rpoB gene in rifampin-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Singapore [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2026-2027

  Lee, Ann S G ^a   Lim, Irene H K ^b   Tang, Lynn L H ^b   Sin, Yew Wong ^b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 16844377696     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.2026-2027.2005     Document Type: Letter

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