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Evaluation of pyrosequencing for extensive drug resistance-defining anti-tuberculosis drugs for use in public healthcare.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2018
Nambiar Remya, Shah Daksha, Ajbani Kanchan, Kazi Mubin, Sadani Meeta, Shetty Anjali, Keskar Padmaja, Kamble Sanjeev, van Belkum Alex, Rodrigues Camilla
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MGIT 960 drug susceptibility testing (DST) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was compared for performance and speed with pyrosequencing (PSQ). Pulmonary samples (n = 100), from GeneXpert/MTB/Rifampicin-resistant patients receiving second-line treatment for 1-3 months, were subjected to DST and PSQ for seven drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, kanamycin, amikacin, capreomycin, moxifloxacin, and ofloxacin). The mean...
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