Characterization of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4075-4077

  Sun, Zhaogang ^a   Chao, Yanjie ^b   Zhang, Xuxia ^a   Zhang, Jianyuan ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Qiu, Yunqing ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Nie, Lihui ^a   Guo, Aizhen ^b   Li, Chuanyou ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHINA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57349101746     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00822-08     Document Type: Article

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