Instability of IS6110 patterns in multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Farnia, P ^a   Masjedi, M R ^a   Nasiri, B ^a   Mirsaedi, M ^a   Sorooch, S ^a   Kazeampour, M ^a   Velayati, A A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 33847245378     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006790     Document Type: Article

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