Contribution of AGC to ACC and other mutations at codon 315 of the katG gene in isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Middle East

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 473-479

  Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Mokaddas, Eiman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Isoniazid resistance; katG codon 315; M. tuberculosis; Middle East; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DUBAI; GENE MUTATION; KATG GENE; KUWAIT; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATALASE; CODON; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2342523328     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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