Usefulness of a new molecular method to detect fluoroquinolones, kanamycin, capreomycin and ethambutol resistance in TB clinical isolates and direct specimens

N. García-Sierra, C. Prat, A. Lacoma, S. Blanco, J. Ruiz-Manzano, L. Haba, P. Gavin, S. Samper, J. Maldonado, V. Ausina, J. Dominguez (Badalona, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Tuberculosis: from bench to bedside
Session: Tuberculosis: from bench to bedside
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 5178
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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