Performance of the genotype MTBDR assay for molecular detection of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-206

  Al Mutairi, Noura ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Mokaddas, Eiman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KUWAIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 50649095907     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.203     Document Type: Article

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