Rapid drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A review of colourimetric methods

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 754-762

  Palomino, J C ^a   Martin, A ^a   Portaels, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Colourimetric methods; Detection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Review; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESAZURIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRAZOLIUM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; COLORIMETRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34447293992     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01698.x     Document Type: Review

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