Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Its utility in resource poor settings

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-272

  Poojary, A ^a   Nataraj, G ^a   Kanade, S ^a   Mehta, P ^a   Baveja, S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; Nitrate reductase test; Proportion method; Rapid drug susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRIC NITRATE REDUCTASE BASED ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROPORTION METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845932684     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.29385     Document Type: Article

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