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Performance of MTBDRplus assay in detecting multidrug resistant tuberculosis at hospital level.
BMC research notes - 1 Dec 2017
Kebede Abebaw, Demisse Daniel, Assefa Meazashwork, Getachew Zerihun, Yenew Bazezew, Tedla Yared, Ameni Gobena
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OBJECTIVE: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) case finding progressively increased in Ethiopia mainly as a result of the utilization of World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed rapid technologies including MTBDRplus assay. However, there is inadequate data on routine testing performance of the MTBDRplus assay. Consequently, the aim of the study was to assess the routine performance of the MTBDRplus assay...
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