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Molecular mechanism of rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Bangladesh.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Nov 2012
Rahim Zeaur, Nakajima Chie, Raqib Rubhana, Zaman Khalequ, Endtz Hubert P, van der Zanden Adri G M, Suzuki Yasuhiko
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Despite having 100% coverage of directly observed treatment short-course, multi drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is still increasing in Bangladesh. Early detection of MDR-TB by rapid molecular test and early initiation of treatment will effectively stop this trend. To develop rapid diagnostic tools, molecular characterization of genes conferring Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to rifampicin (RIF) and...
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