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Fast test for assessing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and rifampin by real-time PCR.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Nov 2012
Gonçalves Maria Gisele, Fukasawa Lucila Okuyama, Oliveira Rosangela Siqueira, Salgado Maristela Marques, Harrison Lee H, Shutt Kathleen A, Sacchi Claudio Tavares
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide. Rapid diagnosis of resistant strains is important for the control of TB. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays may detect all of the mutations that occur in the M. tuberculosis 81-bp core region of the rpoB gene, which is responsible for resistance to rifampin (RIF)...
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