Diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: Discordant results by diagnostic methods

The performance of the Xpert© MTB/RIF and MTBDRplus assays for the detection of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis was compared to culture-based drug susceptibility testing in 30 specimens with rifampicin-resistant and rifampicin-indeterminate Xpert MTB/RIF results collected between Mar...

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Main Authors: Winnie Mwanza, Deborah Milimo, Maureen M. Chilufya, Nkatya Kasese, Maina C. Lengwe, Stembiso Munkondya, Petra de Haas, Helen Ayles, Monde Muyoyeta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-12-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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DS
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/806