Viability of stressed Mycobacterium tuberculosis and association with multidrug resistance
Braz. j. microbiol
;
44(2): 465-468, 2013.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated biological characteristics of recovered stressed M. tuberculosis isolates that failed to grow in differential culture media for phenotypic identification and in culture media containing anti-tuberculosis drugs for drug-susceptibility testing, despite of having grown in primary culture. It represents an improvement in the diagnosis of MDR tuberculosis and tuberculosis control.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Culture Media
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. microbiol
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Adolfo Lutz/BR
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Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido/BR
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