Detection of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis using Geno Type MTBDRplus assay in smear-positive cases

Detection of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis using Geno Type MTBDRplus assay in smear-positive cases

Background Multidrug-resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become an annoying health problem with supreme concern in the developing countries. Several methods of detection of MDR-TB have developed over recent years. Objective To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of GenoType MTBDRplus assay in detec...

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Main Authors: Aya M Abdel Dayem, Samar H Sharkawy, Rehab M Mohammed Fathy, Omayma M Hassanin, Asmaa Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
GenoType MTBDRplus assay
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
rapid detection
mutation
Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2019;volume=68;issue=3;spage=284;epage=289;aulast=Abdel

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