Added Value of Comprehensive Program to Provide Universal Access to Care for Sputum Smear–Negative Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, China

Added Value of Comprehensive Program to Provide Universal Access to Care for Sputum Smear–Negative Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, China

The increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis in China calls for scaling up rapid diagnosis. We evaluated introduction of rapid resistance testing by line-probe assay for all patients with a diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in 2 prefectures in middle and eastern China. We analyzed sputum samples fo...

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Main Authors: Fei Huang, Susan van den Hof, Yan Qu, You Li, Hui Zhang, Lixia Wang, Miaomiao Sun, Wei Lu, Shuangyi Hou, Tianhua Zhang, Shitong Huan, Daniel P. Chin, Frank Cobelens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
TB
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
drug-resistant tuberculosis
multidrug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/7/18-1417_article

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