Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/W genotype in Venezuela [3]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1707-1708

  Aristimuño, Liselotte ^a,b   España, Mercedes ^c   Guilarte, Alexis ^c   Ramírez, Carmen ^c   Rojas, Janet ^c   Gavín, Patricia ^b,d   López Calleja, Ana I ^b,d   Lezcano, M Antonia ^b,d   Revillo, M José ^b,d   Cebollada, Alberto ^b   Martín, Carlos ^b   Samper, Sofía ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Programa Nacional Integrado de Control de la Tuberculosis   (Venezuela)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEZUELA;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VENEZUELA;

EID: 37249068081     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47310-0     Document Type: Letter

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