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Au-nanoprobes for detection of SNPs associated with antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nanotechnology - 15 Oct 2010
Veigas Bruno, Machado Diana, Perdigão João, Portugal Isabel, Couto Isabel, Viveiros Miguel, Baptista Pedro V
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of infection in humans, causing high morbility and mortality all over the world. The rate of new cases of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) continues to increase, and since these infections are very difficult to manage, they constitute a serious health problem. In most cases, drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been related to mutations in...
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