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GenoType® MTBDRplus compared with conventional drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-resistance locale.
Future microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Gitti Zoe, Mantadakis Elpis, Maraki Sofia, Samonis George
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AIM: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Geno Type® MTBDRplus compared with conventional proportional method (PM) drug susceptibility testing (DST) for detecting drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) clinical isolates derived from the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. METHODS: All MTB clinical isolates obtained between January 2000 and May 2009 were tested prospectively using the...
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