DNA microarray based rapid drug susceptibility test for Mycobacterium leprae

Japanese Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^a   Matsuoka, Masanori ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Drug susceptibility tests; Gene diagnosis; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DAPSONE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; OFLOXACIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 34249004126     PISSN: 13423681     EISSN: 1884314X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5025/hansen.75.271     Document Type: Article

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