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Laboratory Evaluation of a Lateral-Flow Cell for Molecular Detection of First-Line and Second-Line Antituberculosis Drug Resistance.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 21 Oct 2020
Catanzaro Donald G, Colman Rebecca E, Linger Yvonne, Georghiou Sophia B, Kukhtin Alexander V, Seifert Marva, Holmberg Rebecca C, Mshaiel Haifa, Chiles Peter, Hillery Naomi, Cooney Christopher G, Rodwell Timothy C
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Despite the WHO's call for universal drug susceptibility testing for all patients being evaluated for tuberculosis (TB), a lack of rapid diagnostic tests which can fully describe TB resistance patterns is a major challenge in ensuring that all persons diagnosed with drug-resistant TB are started on an appropriate treatment regime. We evaluated the accuracy of the Akonni Biosystems XDR-TB TruArray and lateral-flow...
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