Direct drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to primary anti-tubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-344

  Mishra, Baijayanti ^a   Muralidharan, S ^a   Srinivasa, H ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nitrate reductase assay; Proportion method

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70249135669     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.54989     Document Type: Article

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