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A Benchtop Automated Sputum-to-Genotype System Using a Lab-on-a-Film Assembly for Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Analytical chemistry - 7 Apr 2020
Kukhtin Alexander V, Norville Ryan, Bueno Arial, Qu Peter, Parrish Nicole, Murray Megan, Chandler Darrell P, Holmberg Rebecca C, Cooney Christopher G
Abstract excerpt
Automated genotyping of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) directly from sputum is challenging for three primary reasons. First, the sample matrix, sputum, is highly viscous and heterogeneous, posing a challenge for sample processing. Second, acid-fast MTB bacilli are difficult to lyse. And third, there are hundreds of MTB mutations that confer drug resistance. An additional constraint is that MTB is...
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