New insight into extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis: Using atomic force microscopy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1490-1493

  Velayati, A A ^a   Farnia, P ^a,a   Merza, M A ^a   Zhavnerko, G K ^d   Tabarsi, P ^a   Titov, L P ^d   Ghanavei, J ^a   Setare, M ^d   Poleschuyk, N N ^d   Owlia, P ^c   Sheikolslami, M ^a   Ranjbar, R ^b   Masjedi, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 78649739180     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00064510     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Velayati AA, Masjedi MR, Farnia P, et al. Emergence of new forms of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis bacilli: super extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or totally drug resistant strains in Iran. Chest 2009; 136: 420-425.
2. Migliori GB, De Iaco G, Besozzi G, et al. First tuberculosis cases in Italy resistant to all tested drugs. Euro Surveill 2007; 12: 20.
3. Migliori GB, Loddenkemper R, Blasi F, et al. 125 years after Robert Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacillus: the new XDR-TB threat. Is "science" enough to tackle the epidemic? Eur Respir J 2007; 29: 423-427.
4. Velayati AA, Farnia P, Masjedi MR, et al. Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis starins: evidence of adaptation at the cellular level. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 1-3.
5. Velayati AA, Farnia P, Masjedi MR, et al. Differences in cell wall thickness between resistant and non resistant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: using transmission electron microscopy. J Chemother 2009; 55: 303-307.
6. Verbelen C, Dupres V, Menozzi FD, et al. Ethambutol-induced alterations in Mycobacterium bovis BCG imaged by atomic force microscopy. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 264: 192-197.
7. Kasas S, Ikai A. A method for anchoring round shaped cells for atomic force microscope imaging. Biophys J 1995; 68: 1678-1680.
8. Alsteen D, Verbelen C, Dague E, et al. Organization of the mycobacterial cell: a nanoscale view. Pflugers Arch 2008; 456: 117-125.