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Prevalence and risk factors of drug-resistant tuberculosis in border provinces of Iran.
Postgraduate medicine - 1 Aug 2015
Sahebi Leyla, Ansarin Khalil, Farajnia Safar, Monfaredan Amir, Sabour Siamak
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Rapid detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) resistance is a key step in the control of disease. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and accuracy of isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RMP) resistance and their risk factors using multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (MAS-PCR) to detect such mutations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study (2012-2013), 257 MTB...
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