Evaluation of the nitrate-based colorimetric method for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to streptomycin and ethambutol in liquid cultures

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 987-991

  Syre, H ^a   Sandven, P ^b   Grewal, Harleen M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility tests; Nitrate reductase; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 33645808903     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl054     Document Type: Article

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