Role of embCAB gene mutations in ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-486

  Jadaun, G P S ^a   Das, Ram ^a   Upadhyay, Prashant ^a   Chauhan, D S ^a   Sharma, V D ^a   Katoch, V M ^a  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Arabinosyl transferases; Drug resistance; Ethambutol; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EMBCAB GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXAZINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS; XANTHENES;

EID: 63149155604     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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