Low-level rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains raise a new therapeutic challenge [Short communication]
Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; multidrug-resistant; rifampicin; rpoB protein; tuberculosis
Document Type: Short Communication
Affiliations: 1: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands 2: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3: Department of Tuberculosis Control, Municipal Public Health Service, Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands 4: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 5: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Publication date: 01 July 2011
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