E-test: An alternative method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 264-267

  Akcali, Sinem ^a,c   Cicek, Candan ^b   Surucuoglu, Suheyla ^a   Ozbakkaloglu, Beril ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agar proportion; E test; Susceptibility; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

AGAR; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 20844437482     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085747     Document Type: Article

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