Phage lysin as a substitute for antibiotics to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples with the BACTEC MGIT 960 system

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 497-501

  Subramanyam, B ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, G N ^a   Dusthackeer, A ^a   Nagamiah, S ^a   Kumar, V ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; MGIT 960; Normal flora; Phage lysin; Phagebiotics

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZLOCILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PHAGE LYSIN; POLYMYXIN B; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INOCULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84859916051     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03601.x     Document Type: Article

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