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A microbiological revolution meets an ancient disease: improving the management of tuberculosis with genomics.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Apr 2015
Wlodarska Marta, Johnston James C, Gardy Jennifer L, Tang Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with an enormous global impact. Despite declining global incidence, the diagnosis, phenotyping, and epidemiological investigation of TB require significant clinical microbiology laboratory resources. Current methods for the detection and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis consist of a series of laboratory tests varying in speed and performance, each of which...
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