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The concordance between phenotypic and genotypic M. tuberculosis drug susceptibility tests results: observational study.
Pneumologia (Bucharest, Romania) - 1 Jan 2015
Homorodean Daniela, Pop Carmen Monica, Jodal Andreea Melinda, Man Milena Adina
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UNLABELLED: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) represents a major threat for TB control at the global level. Identification of mutations responsible for drug resistance by molecular methods can be used for rapid and specific detection of drug resistance. The aim of our study was to assess the concordance between phenotypic and genotypic tests results (GenoTypeMTBDRplus kit) for isoniazid and rifampicin...
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