Antibiotic resistance may affect alkali decontamination of specimens containing mycobacteria

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-155

  Yesilkaya, Hasan ^a   Barer, Michael R ^a,b   Andrew, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Genetic modification; Mycobacteria; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 5044236261     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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