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Comparison of three molecular assays for the detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Mar 2015
Moon Hee-Won, Hur Mina, Kim Ji-Young, Yun Yeo-Min
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rifampin (RIF) is the most important first-line antituberculosis drug, and resistance to this drug may result in treatment failures. We evaluated the diagnostic performances of recently introduced, molecular assays for the detection of RIF resistance. METHODS: A total of 100 isolates (50 RIF resistant and 50 RIF susceptible) were studied. Their RIF resistances were determined by conventional...
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