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[Use of biological microchips in the determination of drug-resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampicin].
Problemy tuberkuleza i boleznei legkikh - 1 Jan 2005
Isakova Zh T, Pak O A, Iusupova E Iu, Myrzaliev B B, Chubakov T Ch, Goncharova Z A, Tumashova A F, Kozhomkulov M D, Kozhomkulov D K, Alisherov A Sh, Friedland J, Aldashev A A
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The present-day problems in tuberculosis control are associated with a difficulty in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) in due time and in determining its drug sensitivity by conventional microbiological assays. The determination of the drug sensitivity of MBT takes much time from 2 weeks to 3 months, which fails to initiate and perform specific therapy timely. Molecular genetic techniques, including...
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