Molecular and Growth-Based Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex for Ethambutol Resistance in the United States

Ethambutol (EMB) is used as a part of drug regimens for treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates to EMB can be discerned by DNA sequencing to detect mutations in the embB gene associated with resistance. US Public Health Laboratories (PHL)...

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Autores principales: Yakrus, Mitchell A., Driscoll, Jeffrey, McAlister, Allison, Sikes, David, Hartline, Denise, Metchock, Beverly, Starks, Angela M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27375902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3404860

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27375902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3404860

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