Evaluation of the tuberculosis culture color plate test for rapid detection of drug susceptible and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a resource-limited setting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Evaluation of the tuberculosis culture color plate test for rapid detection of drug susceptible and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a resource-limited setting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Timely diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is limited in Ethiopia. We evaluated the performance of a low technology, thin layer agar, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) culture color plate (TB-CX) test with concurrent drug susceptibility testing (DST) to isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), and pyrazinamide (...

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Main Authors: Biruk Mekonnen, Adane Mihret, Muluwork Getahun, Tsegaye Hailu, Sabeen Sidiki, Holden V Kelley, Julia M Scordo, W Garrett Hunt, Xueliang Pan, Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat, Wondwossen Gebreyes, Carlton A Evans, Abraham Aseffa, Jordi B Torrelles, Shu-Hua Wang, Tamrat Abebe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215679

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