Publications by authors named "Rosmari F A M Silva"
Rapid detection of resistant tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay performed in three settings in Brazil.
Maria de Lourdes Shikama Regina Ruivo Ferro E Silva Maria Conceição Martins Carmen Maria Saraiva Giampaglia Rosângela Siqueira Oliveira Rosmari F A M Silva Paula Ferro E Silva Maria Alice da Silva Telles
J Antimicrob Chemother
October 2009
Objectives: To evaluate nitrate reductase assay (NRA) efficacy for streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.
Methods: Results were generated by three laboratories: the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory and two IAL Regional Laboratories in Santo André and Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. One hundred and twenty M.