Susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by broth microdilution method: a rapid alternative method

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-449

  Sethi, Sunil ^a   Mandal, Jharna ^a   Kumar, Parveen ^a   Kumar, Shiv ^a   Meharwal, Sandeep ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Broth microdilution method; M. tuberculosis; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH MICRODILUTION METHOD; DILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTION METHOD; RELIABILITY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947676443     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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