title: Colorimetric detection of multidrug-resistant or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis by use of malachite green indicator dye.
abstract: The malachite green microtube (MGMT) susceptibility assay was performed directly on sputum specimens (n = 80) and indirectly on Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates (n = 60). The technique is based on the malachite green dye, which changes color in response to M. tuberculosis growth. The MGMT assay is simple and rapid and does not require expensive instruments.
authors: Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Bahonar Ave., Darabad, Tehran 19556, PO Box 19575/154, Iran. pfarnia@hotmail.com
authors: Parissa
authors: P
authors: Farnia
authors: Mohammad Reza
authors: MR
authors: Masjedi
authors: Foroozan
authors: F
authors: Mohammadi
authors: Payam
authors: P
authors: Tabarsei
authors: Poopak
authors: P
authors: Farnia
authors: Ali Reza
authors: AR
authors: Mohammadzadeh
authors: Parvaneh
authors: P
authors: Baghei
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Varahram
authors: Sven
authors: S
authors: Hoffner
authors: Ali Akbar
authors: AA
authors: Velayati
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; C005095:malachite green