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Sanchotene,Karine O.; von Groll,Andrea; Ramos,Daniela; Scholante,Ana B.; Honscha,Gunther; Valença,Mariana; Scaini,Carlos J.; Silva,Pedro E.A. da. |
Tuberculosis remains as a serious infection disease of worldwide distribution, with high morbidity and mortality, mainly in low socio-economic condition countries. The state of emergency of tuberculosis caused by the resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, became the main threat to the tuberculosis treatment and control programs. A fast detection method for the resistant strains will allow the implementation of an adequate treatment and contribute for controlling the dissemination of these resistant strains. This study evaluated the performance of the nitrate reductase assay in solid (NRA-LJ) and liquid (NRA-7H9) media, to determine the susceptibility to first line anti-tuberculosis drugs: isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RMP), ethambutol (EMB) and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nitrate reductase assay; Susceptibility tests; Drug resistance. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000100004 |
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