Conditionally replicating luciferase reporter phages: Improved sensitivity for rapid detection and assessment of drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3232-3239

  Carrière, Christian ^a,c   Riska, Paul F ^b   Zimhony, Oren ^a   Kriakov, Jordan ^a   Bardarov, Stoyan ^a   Burns, Judah ^a   Chan, John ^b   Jacobs Jr , William R ^a,b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Laboratoire de Biochimie Genetique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842417174     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3232-3239.1997     Document Type: Article

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