Rapid detection of resistant tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay performed in three settings in Brazil
Author(s) -
M. d. L. Shikama,
R. R. F. E. Silva,
Maria Conceição Martins,
C M S Giampaglia,
Rosângela Siqueira de Oliveira,
R. F. A. M. Silva,
P Ferro e Silva,
María Alice da Silva Telles,
Audrey N. Martin,
Juan Carlos Palomino
Publication year - 2009
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/dkp284
Subject(s) - isoniazid , ethambutol , rifampicin , streptomycin , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , nitrate reductase , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , antibiotics , nitrate , pathology , ecology
To evaluate nitrate reductase assay (NRA) efficacy for streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.
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