Malachite green interferes with postantibiotic recovery of mycobacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3610-3614

  Gelman, Ekaterina ^a   McKinney, John D ^a   Dhar, Neeraj ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; MALACHITE GREEN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOGENESIS; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; ROSANILINE DYES; SPUTUM;

EID: 84862530678     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00406-12     Document Type: Article

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