Direct drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to primary anti-tubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay | Zendy

B Mishra | Zendy; S. Muralidharan | Zendy; H Srinivasa | Zendy

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Direct drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to primary anti-tubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay

Author(s) -

B Mishra,

S. Muralidharan,

H Srinivasa

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

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.

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