New methods for the detection of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis;Nuevos métodos para la detección rápida de la resistencia en mycobacterium tuberculosis

Biotecnologia Aplicada

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 306-311

  Lemus, Dihadenys ^a   Montoro, Ernesto ^a   Echemendía, Miguel ^a   Yzquierdo, Sergio L ^a   Martin, Anandi ^b   Portaels, Francoise ^b   Palomino, Juan C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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EID: 77149149034     PISSN: 08644551     EISSN: 10272852     Source Type: Journal    
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