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Fluorometric assay for testing rifampin susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Hoek K G P, Gey van Pittius N C, Moolman-Smook H, Carelse-Tofa K, Jordaan A, van der Spuy G D, Streicher E, Victor T C, van Helden P D, Warren R M
Abstract excerpt
The emergence and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have raised concern about diagnostic delay associated with culture-based drug susceptibility testing methods. The association between rifampin resistance and MDR-TB or XDR-TB makes it an important genetic marker for genotypic drug susceptibility testing. In this article, we describe the...
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