Molecular characterisation of rifampicin-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from morocco

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1440-1442

  Kourout, M ^a   Chaoui, I ^b   Sabouni, R ^a   Lahlou, O ^a   El Mzibri, M ^b   Jordaan, A ^c   Victor, T C ^c   Akrim, M ^a   El Aouad, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Morocco; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rifampicin resistance marker; RpoB gene

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIFAMPICIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RPOB PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOROCCO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949138410     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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