Analysis of embCAB mutations associated with ethambutol resistance in multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from China

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2045-2050

  Zhao, Li Li ^a,b   Sun, Qing ^a,b,c   Liu, Hai Can ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Cui ^a,d   Xiao, Tong Yang ^a,b   Zhao, Xiu Qin ^a,b   Li, Gui Lian ^a,b   Jiang, Yi ^a,b   Zeng, Chun Yan ^e   Wan, Kang Lin ^a,b  

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

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^d WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Hulunbeier People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ARABINOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EMBB PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBA GENE; EMBCAB GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84928922793     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04933-14     Document Type: Article

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