Comparative evaluation of the nitrate reduction assay, the MTT test, and the resazurin microtitre assay for drug susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-505

  Montoro, Ernesto ^a   Lemus, Dihadenys ^a   Echemendia, Miguel ^a   Martin, Anandi ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^b   Palomino, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Colorimetric; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RESAZURIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SPECIFICITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; FORMAZANS; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; OXAZINES; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; XANTHENES;

EID: 17444425781     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki023     Document Type: Article

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