Direct detection of heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular techniques

J Med Microbiol. 2006 Aug;55(Pt 8):1157-1158. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46483-0.

Authors

Mairi M Cullen¹, Noel E Sam², Esther G Kanduma³, Timothy D McHugh⁴, Stephen H Gillespie⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 9LT, UK.
² Clinical Laboratory, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, PO Box 3010, Moshi, Tanzania.
³ Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Centre for Medical Microbiology, Hampstead Campus, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK.

PMID: 16849739
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46483-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Codon / genetics
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Ethambutol
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Point Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Restriction Mapping
Sputum / microbiology
Tanzania
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology

Substances

Codon
DNA, Bacterial
Ethambutol