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Comparative study on genotypic and phenotypic second-line drug resistance testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2010
van Ingen Jakko, Simons Sami, de Zwaan Rina, van der Laan Tridia, Kamst-van Agterveld Miranda, Boeree Martin J, van Soolingen Dick
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The mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT960) automated liquid medium testing method is becoming the international gold standard for second-line drug susceptibility testing of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates. We performed a comparative study of the current gold standard in the Netherlands, the Middlebrook 7H10 agar dilution method, the MGIT960 system, and...
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