Characterization of Tunisian Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin-resistant clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3095-3097

  Soudani, Alya ^a   Hadjfredj, Sondess ^b   Zribi, Meriem ^a   Masmoudi, Afef ^a   Messaoud, Taieb ^b   Tiouri, Hanéne ^a   Fendri, Chedlia ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUNISIA;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548679338     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00643-07     Document Type: Article

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