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Rapid assays for fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2010
Chang Kwok Chiu, Yew Wing Wai, Chan Raphael Chiu Yeung
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OBJECTIVES: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a global health threat. Given poor treatment outcomes of fluoroquinolone-resistant multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, there is a pressing need for rapid drug susceptibility testing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis against fluoroquinolones. This review aims at evaluating these rapid assays. METHODS: PubMed and OvidSP were used to search...
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