E-test: An alternative method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
| dc.contributor.author | Akcali S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cicek C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Surucuoglu S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ozbakkaloglu B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-10T11:17:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-10T11:17:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the agar proportion method with the E-test method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 isolates were tested for isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin and ethambutol susceptibility using an indirect-proportion method as well as the E-test method. Results: Categorical agreement between the methods was 100% for isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin, and ethambutol. Conclusion: The E-test method appears to be an alternative method to agar proportion for testing the susceptibility of M. tuberculosis isolates to the first-line antituberculous agents. Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG. | |
| dc.identifier.DOI-ID | 10.1159/000085747 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/52561 | |
| dc.title | E-test: An alternative method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | |
| dc.type | Article |