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New and improved diagnostics for detection of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 May 2011
O'Grady Justin, Maeurer Markus, Mwaba Peter, Kapata Nathan, Bates Matthew, Hoelscher Michael, Zumla Alimuddin
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency and continues to kill 1.7 million people globally each year. Drug-resistant TB is now well established throughout the world and most TB patients are not being screened for drug resistance due to lack of laboratory resources and rapid accurate point-of-care tests. Accurate and rapid diagnosis of TB and drug-resistant TB is of paramount importance in...
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