Evaluation of a new rapid bacteriophage-based method for the drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Nat Med. 1997 Apr;3(4):465-8. doi: 10.1038/nm0497-465.

Authors

S M Wilson¹, Z al-Suwaidi, R McNerney, J Porter, F Drobniewski

Affiliation

¹ Public Health Laboratory Service Mycobacterium Reference Unit (MRU), Dulwich Hospital, London, UK.

PMID: 9095184
DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-465

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Isoniazid / pharmacology
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*
Middle Aged
Mycobacteriophages / growth & development*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / virology
Rifampin / pharmacology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Isoniazid
Rifampin