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Inquiry into GeneXpert as a complementary MDR-TB diagnostic tool in North Korea: A follow-up study of North Korean TB drug resistance patterns

2021-04-07

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<h4>Background: </h4> This study aims to investigate the usefulness of GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) in diagnosing rifampicin (RIF) resistance among the patients in the secluded sanatoria of North Korea. This article is a follow up of a report that explored the characteristics of drug resistance in North Korean Sanatoria, published in 2017. Xpert is used as a diagnostic tool to check for multidrug-resistant tuberculos...

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9de12e24-b62f-5a63-937d-8c45835d331c
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-356934/v1
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