Abstract
The emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis underscores the need for low-cost, rapid methods to determine the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics. A new, rapid, easily read, and inexpensive colorimetric method with a tetrazolium indicator performs this determination as quickly and accurately as the more expensive Alamar Blue technique.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
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Colorimetry / economics
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Colorimetry / methods
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Costs and Cost Analysis
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests / economics
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
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Peru
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Reproducibility of Results