Subdivision of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into five variants for epidemiological purposes: methods and nomenclature.

Virulent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from humans are divisible into five variants by using four tests: oxygen requirement (aerobic or microaerophilic), nitrate reductase activity, susceptibility to pyrazinamide (60 micrograms/ml) and susceptibility to thiophene-2-carboxylic acid h...

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Main Authors: Collins, C. H., Yates, M. D., Grange, J. M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 1982
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2134208/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6813376
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