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-authors' response

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2299-2300

  Moure, Raquel ^a   Español, Montserrat ^b   Tudó, Griselda ^c   Vicente, Eva ^d   Coll, Pere ^b   Gonzalez Martin, Julian ^c   Mick, Virginie ^e   Salvadó, Margarita ^d   Alcaide, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya   (Spain)

^e ANSES   (France)

Author keywords

Antituberculous resistance; M. Tuberculosis; Microarray; Molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBB GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LOW DENSITY DNA ARRAY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; GENETICS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION;

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

EID: 84904568055     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku134     Document Type: Article

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