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Evaluation of the Genotype® MTBDRplus assay as a tool for drug resistance surveys.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2011
Rigouts L, Hoza A S, De Rijk P, Torrea G, Chonde T M, Basra D, Zignol M, van Leth F, Egwaga S M, Van Deun A
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SETTING: A national tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Tanzania. OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of the Genotype® MTBDRplus line-probe assay (LPA) on smear-positive sputum specimens with conventional culture and isoniazid (INH) plus rifampicin (RMP) drug susceptibility testing (DST). DESIGN: Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates tested at the Tanzanian Central TB Reference Laboratory (CTRL) were...
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