An Agar Medium Designed for Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing Of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains
Background: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an important front-line antituberculosis agent. This drug plays a unique role in shortening the therapy, besides of metabolically active and replicating bacilli; it kills a population of semi-dormant organisms that are not killed by other first-line antituberculosis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2007-06-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/3432.pdf&manuscript_id=3432 |