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Drug resistance detection and mutation patterns of multidrug resistant tuberculosis strains from children in Delhi.
Journal of epidemiology and global health - 1 Jun 2017
Arora Jyoti, Singhal Ritu, Bhalla Manpreet, Verma Ajoy, Singh Niti, Behera Digamber, Sarin Rohit, Myneedu Vithal Prasad
Abstract excerpt
A total of 312 sputum samples from pediatric patients presumptive of multidrug resistant tuberculosis were tested for the detection of drug resistance using the GenoTypeMTBDRplus assay. A total of 193 (61.8%) patients were smear positive and 119 (38.1%) were smear negative by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Line probe assay (LPA) was performed for 208 samples/cultures (193 smear positive samples and 15 cultures from...
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