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GenoType MTBDRplus assay for screening and characterization of isoniazid and rifampicin resistance-associated mutations in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from India.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2017
Sethi S, Yadav R, Singh S, Khaneja R, Aggarwal A, Agarwal P, Behera D
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is rising and the World Health Organization has recommended the line probe assay (LPA) for screening. In this study we assess LPA at a tertiary care centre from North India in 1758 samples from suspected MDR-TB cases. All smear-positive and/or Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture confirmed cases (n = 1170) were subjected to the GenoType-MTBDR assay. Amongst these the...
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