title: Rapid detection of rifampicin susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens by mycobacteriophage assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Afzal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anwar
mesh_terms: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D009160:Mycobacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D012293:Rifampin