Ethambutol resistance as determined by broth dilution method correlates better than sequencing results with embB mutations in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 638-641

  Zhang, Zhijian ^a   Wang, Yufeng ^b   Pang, Yu ^a,b   Kam, Kai Man ^c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBB GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84893111441     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02713-13     Document Type: Article

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