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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

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Citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles to overcome intrinsic rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Authors: Priyanka Padwal, Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya, Sarika Mehra

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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The major problem faced in current tuberculosis (TB) therapy is intrinsic drug resistance of mycobacterium. Hence, there is a need to develop ways to overcome these resistance mechanisms. In the current work, we have investigated the effect of citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles in combination with rifampicin against a wild type strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis. …
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Title
Citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles to overcome intrinsic rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Authors
Priyanka Padwal
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Sarika Mehra
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-E42

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