A practical guide to measuring mutation rates in antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1209-1214

  Pope, Cassie F ^a   O'Sullivan, Denise M ^a   McHugh, Timothy D ^a   Gillespie, Stephen H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 42049083342     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01152-07     Document Type: Short Survey

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