Investigation of the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The emergence of antibiotic resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, coupled with the time it takes to perform phenotypic drug susceptibility testing of this organism, makes the treatment of tuberculosis increasingly difficult. Several genotypic assays for the rapid detection of drug resista...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Joanna
Other Authors: Segal, Heidi
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10434