IS6110 fingerprinting of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Germany during 1995

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3015-3020

  Niemann, Stefan ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^a   Richter, Elvira ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842299352     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3015-3020.1997     Document Type: Article

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