Article
Characterization of rpoB gene mutations in rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients at 5 Mexican public hospitals.
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Alvarado-Esquivel C, Rossau R, Martínez-García S, Cisneros-Martínez J A, Mijs W, Nevárez-Nájera A, Fierro-Campa R, Mercado-Suárez M F, Hernández-Campos S, Chacón-Arciniega R, Vázquez J, Saucedo-Martínez G, Ruiz-Astorga R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the rpoB gene mutations of the rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis strains isolated in pulmonary tuberculosis patients from Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-seven clinical M. tuberculosis isolates cultured on Löwenstein-Jensen media and obtained from consecutive tuberculosis patients in 5 public hospitals were analyzed by PCR and the INNO-LiPA Rif TB for amplification and detection...
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