High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with rifampicin resistance using GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin in Ghana

Objective/Background: Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) represent a major threat to global TB control. In low- and middle-income countries, resource constraints make it difficult to identify and monitor cases of resistance using drug susceptibility testing and culture. Molecular assays suc...

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Main Authors: Justice K Boakye-Appiah, Alexis R Steinmetz, Peter Pupulampu, Stephen Ofori-Yirenkyi, Ishmael Tetteh, Michael Frimpong, Patrick Oppong, Ohene Opare-Sem, Betty R Norman, Ymkje Stienstra, Tjip S van der Werf, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Frank Bonsu, Joseph Obeng-Baah, Richard O Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=2;spage=226;epage=230;aulast=Boakye-Appiah