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Detection of multi-drug resistance & characterization of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from North- Eastern States of India using GenoType MTBDRplus assay.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Oct 2014
Singhal Ritu, Myneedu Vithal Prasad, Arora Jyoti, Singh Niti, Sah Girish Chander, Sarin Rohit
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Information on drug resistance tuberculosis is sparse from North-East (N-E) States of India. We undertook this study to detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among MDR-TB suspects, and common mutations among MDR-TB cases using GenoType MTBDRplus. METHODS: All MDR suspect patients deposited sputum samples to peripheral designated microscopy centres (DMC) in North-East States....
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