Detection of a streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium bovis strain through antitubercular drug susceptibility testing of Tunisian Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from cattle

Detection of a streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium bovis strain through antitubercular drug susceptibility testing of Tunisian Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from cattle

Abstract Background A rising isolation trend of drug-resistant M. bovis from human clinical cases is documented in the literature. Here we assessed Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from cattle for drug susceptibility by the gold standard agar proportion method and a simplified resazurin m...

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Main Authors: Saif Eddine Djemal, Cristina Camperio, Federica Armas, Mariam Siala, Salma Smaoui, Feriele Messadi-Akrout, Radhouane Gdoura, Cinzia Marianelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Bovine tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Streptomycin resistance
Resazurin microtitre assay
d-REMA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1623-9

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