Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis strains: Evidence of adaptation at the cellular level

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1202-1203

  Velayati, A A ^a   Farnia, P ^a,a,b   Masjedi, M R ^a   Ibrahim, T A ^c   Tabarsi, P ^a   Haroun, R Z ^c   Kuan, H O ^c   Ghanavi, J ^b   Varahram, M ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; ISONIAZID;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 71049135360     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00081909     Document Type: Letter

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