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Detection of first-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance mutations by allele-specific primer extension on a microsphere-based platform.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Sept 2015
Lee Seung Heon, Choi Hee Baeg, Yu Sung Yul, Chang Uck Jin, Kim Chang Ki, Kim Hee Jin
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BACKGROUND: Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs is almost exclusively due to spontaneous chromosomal mutations in target genes. Rapid detection of drug resistance to both first- and second-line anti-TB drugs has become a key component of TB control programs. Technologies that allow rapid, cost-effective, and high-throughput detection of specific nucleic acid sequences are...
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