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http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/3378| Title: | Cord formation in a clinical Isolate of Mycobacterium abscessus |
| Authors: | Adikaram, C. Perera, J. Wijesundera, S. Perera, G.M.M. Gamage, S. |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Citation: | Annual Research Symposium |
| Abstract: | The species belonging to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) display characteristic serpentine cord formation in liquid cultures. The factor responsible for the cord formation is trehalose-6,6-dimycolate (TDM), a component of the mycobacterium cell wall that is responsible for MTC virulence. Thus cord formation is considered a definitive diagnostic character of MTC. Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay (MODS), based on this character, is widely used for identification of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). |
| URI: | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/3378 |
| Appears in Collections: | Medicine |
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