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First Evaluation of GenoType MTBDRplus 2.0 Performed Directly on Respiratory Specimens in Central America.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2016
Lanzas Fedora, Ioerger Thomas R, Shah Harita, Acosta William, Karakousis Petros C
Abstract excerpt
The turnaround times for conventional methods used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples and to obtain drug susceptibility information are long in many developing countries, including Panama, leading to delays in appropriate treatment initiation and continued transmission in the community. We evaluated the performance of a molecular line probe assay, the Genotype MTBDRplus version 2.0 assay, in...
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