Comparison between the BACTEC MGIT 960 system and the agar proportion method for susceptibility testing of multidrug resistant tuberculosis strains in a high burden setting of South Africa

BACKGROUND: The increasing problem of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) [ie resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF)] is becoming a global problem. Successful treatment outcome for MDR-TB depends on reliable and accurate drug susceptibility testing of first-line and seco...

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Autores principales: Said, Halima M, Kock, Marleen M, Ismail, Nazir A, Baba, Kamaldeen, Omar, Shaheed V, Osman, Ayman G, Hoosen, Anwar A, Ehlers, Marthie M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-369

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-369

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