Comment on: Characterization of the embB gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Barcelona and rapid detection of main mutations related to ethambutol resistance using a low-density DNA array

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2298-2299

  Köser, Claudio U ^a   Bryant, Josephine M ^b   Comas, Iñaki ^c,d   Feuerriege, Silke ^e,f   Niemann, Stefan ^e,f   Gagneux, Sebastien ^g,h   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Gerencia FISABIO   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Molecular Mycobacteriology   (Germany)

^f RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Ethambutol resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBB GENE; GENE MUTATION; LOW DENSITY DNA ARRAY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84904561577     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku101     Document Type: Article

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