Rapid low-cost identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using p-nitro-benzoic acid (PNB) as inhibitor and the resazurin microplate assay (REMA): A preliminary study

Dissou Affolabi; Nrsquo;Dira Sanoussi; Mathieu Odoun; An; i Martin; Louis Koukpemedji; Juan Carlos Palomino; Luc Kestens; Severin Anagonou; Franccedil;oise Portaels

doi:10.5897/AJMR10.278

African Journal of
Microbiology Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0808
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
Start Year: 2007
Published Articles: 5233

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Rapid low-cost identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using p-nitro-benzoic acid (PNB) as inhibitor and the resazurin microplate assay (REMA): A preliminary study

Dissou Affolabi1,2, N’Dira Sanoussi1, Mathieu Odoun1, Anandi Martin2,3, Louis Koukpemedji1, Juan Carlos Palomino2, Luc Kestens4, Séverin Anagonou1 and Françoise Portaels2

1Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries, Cotonou, Bénin. 2Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. 3Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France. 4Immnunology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Article Number - 667091614159
Vol.7(24), pp. 3135-3138 , June 2013
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR10.278

Accepted: 05 June 2013
Published: 11 June 2013

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