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Detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from stored DNA Samples: A multicenter study.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Jan 2000
Rabodoarivelo Marie Sylvianne, Brandao A, Cergole Novella M C, C Bombonatte A G, Imperiale B, Rakotosamimanana N, Morcillo N, Rasolofo V, Palomino J C, Martin A
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Background: In low-income countries, rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance is often restricted by the difficulties of transporting and storing sputum samples from remote health centers to the reference laboratories where molecular tests are available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of four transport and storage systems for molecular detection of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid...
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