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High degree of multi-drug resistance and hetero-resistance in pulmonary TB patients from Punjab state of India.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2014
Kumar Parveen, Balooni Veena, Sharma Brijesh Kumar, Kapil Virender, Sachdeva K S, Singh Sarman
Abstract excerpt
Line Probe Assays (LPAs) have been recommended for rapid screening of MDR-TB. Aims of this study were (1) to compare the performance of LPA with standard Bactec MGIT 960 system and (2) to ascertain the pattern of genetic mutations in the resistance isolates. In phase I, a total of 141 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from our routine laboratory were tested by LPA and Bactec MGIT 960 for DST. In phase II, 578...
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