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Usefulness of Genotype MTBDRplus assay in acid-fast bacilli positive smear specimens in Almeria, Spain.
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Oct 2014
Martínez-Lirola Miguel José, Munoz-Dávila María José, García-de Viedma Darío, Cabezas Fernández Teresa, Luzón García Pilar
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INTRODUCTION: The urgent need for operational research evaluating test performance in a real-world setting has been highlighted. The purpose of this study was therefore to evaluate the performance of MTBDRplus assay. MATERIALS: According to the reference method, of the 155 clinical specimens with valid results, 147 were susceptible to rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH), with 4 being multi-drug resistant (MDR)...
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