Direct detection of heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular techniques

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1157-1158

  Cullen, Mairi M ^a   Sam, Noel E ^b   Kanduma, Esther G ^c   McHugh, Timothy D ^d   Gillespie, Stephen H ^d  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33747072644     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46483-0     Document Type: Letter

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