Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Detection, Latvia

To improve multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) detection, we successfully introduced the rpoB gene mutation line probe assay into the national laboratory in Latvia, a country with epidemic MDR-TB. The assay detected rifampin resistance with 91% sensitivity and 96% specificity within 1 to 5 day...

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Autores principales: Skenders, Girts, Fry, Alicia M., Prokopovica, Inga, Greckoseja, Silvija, Broka, Lonija, Metchock, Beverly, Holtz, Timothy H., Wells, Charles D., Leimane, Vaira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16229783
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.041236

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16229783
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.041236

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