Subbammal, S and Nair, N G K and Radhakrishna, S and Tripathy, S P (1978) Comparison of various measures of sensitivity of M. tuberculosis to ethambutol. Tubercle, 59 (3). pp. 185-191. ISSN 0041-3879
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Abstract
A sensitivity test for ethambutol was standardised, and performed on cultures isolated from patients before and after the start of chemotherapy with ethambutol and isoniazid. A discrimination type of approach was employed and three criteria of resistance were evolved : (a) growth of 20 colonies or more on ethambutol 4 μg/ml, using a standard inoculum ; (b) a proportion of 25 % or more on ethambutol 1.4 μg/ml ; (c) a proportion of 5 % or more on ethambutol 2 μg/ml. The MIC definition appears to be the best in view of its simplicity and insensitivity of the classification (as sensitive or resistant) to variations in inoculum size.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research |
| Divisions: | Basic Science Research |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2013 09:20 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2016 05:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/134 |
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