Open AccessDirect drug susceptibility testing ofMycobacterium tuberculosisto primary anti-tubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay
Author(s) -
B Mishra,
Selvadurai Muralidharan,
H Srinivasa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.54989
Subject(s) - nitrate reductase , rifampicin , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , drug resistance , medicine , drug , ethambutol , isoniazid , pharmacology , chemistry , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , pathology
Traditional drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis takes weeks and/or expensive. In this study, we evaluated nitrate reductase assay for drug susceptibility testing which is faster than the visual detection of colonies.