Direct Sensitivity Test of the MB/BacT System

In order to evaluate the direct-method test of sensitivity to drugs used in the principal tuberculosis treatment regimes, in the Organon Teknika MB/BacT system, we tested 50 sputum samples positive to microscopy taken from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and with clinical indications for an ant...

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Main Authors: Barreto Angela Maria Werneck, Araujo Joselba Borges Melo, Medeiros Reginalda Ferreira de Melo, Caldas Paulo Cesar de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000200021