Charateristics of Indian Tubercle Bacilli

Bhatia, A L (1961) Charateristics of Indian Tubercle Bacilli. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 147-153. ISSN 0377 9343

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Abstract

As result of the studies undertaken during the last 4 years at the Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Centre, Madras, some characteristics of Indian tubercle bacilli which differ from those of British tubercle bacilli have been observed. These factors relate to their virulence in the guinea-pig, susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide, and drug sensitivity. The Indian and British cultures are, however, closely similar in the majority of their in vitro characteristics. Before proceeding further, it must be emphasized, that the findings reported in this paper apply to cultures obtained from a rather selected group of patients. These patients presented themselves because of symptoms and the vast majority of them were positive on smear examination and had moderately or far advanced disease. Furthermore, all the patients were residents of Madras city.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Clinical Research
Divisions:	Clinical Research
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2013 05:11
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2016 11:33
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/25

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