Determination of ethambutol MICs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium isolates by resazurin microtitre assay

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-155

  Jadaun, G P S ^a   Agarwal, Chhaya ^a   Sharma, Hirdesh ^a   Ahmed, Zafar ^a   Upadhyay, Prashant ^a   Faujdar, Jaya ^a   Gupta, Anuj Kumar ^a   Das, Ram ^a   Gupta, Pushpa ^a   Chauhan, D S ^a   Sharma, V D ^a   Katoch, V M ^a  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility; M. avium; M. tuberculosis; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; RESAZURIN;

ACCURACY; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST; DILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXAZINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; XANTHENES;

EID: 34447563760     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm117     Document Type: Article

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