학술논문
Nitrate reductase assay using sodium nitrate for rapid detection of multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. September 2012 43(3)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1517-8382
Abstract
We validated the nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) using sodium nitrate (NaNO3) in replacement of potassium nitrate (KNO3) as nitrate source. NaNO3 is cheaper than KNO3 and has no restriction on use which facilitates the implementation of NRA to detect MDR-TB.