Rapid detection of resistant tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay performed in three settings in Brazil

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 794-796

  Shikama, Maria de Lourdes ^a,c   Silva, Regina Ruivo Ferro E ^b   Martins, Maria Conceição ^c   Giampaglia, Carmen Maria Saraiva ^c   Oliveira, Rosângela Siqueira ^c   Silva, Rosmari F A M ^a   Silva, Paula Ferro E ^b   da Silva Telles, Maria Alice ^c   Martin, Anandi ^d   Palomino, Juan Carlos ^d  

^a Regional Laboratory Sorocaba   (Brazil)

^b Div of Genetics and Biotechnology   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility testing; M. tuberculosis diagnostic; MGIT 960; NRA; Proportion method

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROPORTION METHOD;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 70349436918     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp284     Document Type: Article

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