Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance with the microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay in Ecuador

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 786-788

  Giacomazzi, Claudio G ^a,b   Cespedes Alvarado, C G ^c   Losada Cabruja, E A ^a   McDermott, J L ^b   Rojas Andrade, C A ^c   Varnier, O E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Advanced Biotechnology Center   (Italy)

^c Hospital Alli Causai   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; MODS; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ECUADOR; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77952472269     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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