E-test for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Johann Hausdorfer; E Sompek; Franz Allerberger; M P Dierich; Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes

Abstract

Due to a substantial rate of false resistance, this method cannot be recommended at present for practical use in clinical laboratories.

Keywords

EthambutolMedicineMycobacterium tuberculosisIsoniazidStreptomycinRifampicinTuberculosisMicrobiologyDrug resistanceAntibioticsBiologyPathology

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Universität Innsbruck AT

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Publication Info

Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 9
Pages: 751-5
Citations: 35
Access: Closed

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                                    Johann Hausdorfer, 
                                
                                    E Sompek, 
                                
                                    Franz Allerberger
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            E-test for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 2
                            (9)
                            , 751-5.