An overview of the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from four Asian countries

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1039-1040

  Ang, C F ^a   Ong, C S ^b   Rukmana, A ^c   Pham Thi, K L ^d   Yap, S F ^b   Ngeow, Y F ^e   Ho, M L ^d   Sudiro, T M ^c   Bela, B ^c   Jordaan, A M ^f   Streicher, E M ^f   Victor, T C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e Makmal Kesihatan Awam Kebangsaan Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 50249182399     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47850-0     Document Type: Letter

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