Open AccessEvaluation of the BacT/ALERT PZA kit in comparison with the BACTEC 460TB PZA for testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to pyrazinamide
Author(s) -
Lina Marcela Aragón,
Montserrat Garrigó,
Carmen Moreno,
Montserrat Español,
Pere Coll
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm252
Subject(s) - pyrazinamide , mycobacterium tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , medicine , biology , pathology
To compare the performance of the BacT/ALERT PZA kit (BioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) with the radiometric BACTEC 460TB PZA test (Becton-Dickinson method) for testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to pyrazinamide.
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