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An integrated approach to rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance using liquid culture and molecular methods in Russia.
PloS one - 23 Sept 2009
Balabanova Yanina, Drobniewski Francis, Nikolayevskyy Vladyslav, Kruuner Annika, Malomanova Nadezhda, Simak Tatyana, Ilyina Nailya, Zakharova Svetlana, Lebedeva Natalya, Alexander Heather L, O'Brien Rick, Sohn Hojoon, Shakhmistova Anastasia, Fedorin Ivan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the feasibility, cost and performance of rapid tuberculosis (TB) molecular and culture systems, in a high multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) middle-income region (Samara, Russia) and provide evidence for WHO policy change. METHODS: Performance and cost evaluation was conducted to compare the BACTEC MGIT 960 system for culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) and molecular systems for TB...
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