Growth kinetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis measured by quantitative resazurin reduction assay: a tool for fitness studies

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  • Andrea von Groll
  • Anandi Martin
  • Françoise Portaels
  • Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva
  • Juan Carlos Palomino
چکیده

We standardized a method to evaluate the growth kinetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by measuring quantitatively the reduction of resazurin by spectrophotometry. Growth curves and the rate of growth of twenty-one M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were determined. The method showed technical simplicity and is inexpensive to assess the fitness of each isolate.

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دوره 41  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010