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Rapid detection of resistant tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay performed in three settings in Brazil

M. d. L. Shikama, R. R. F. E. Silva, Maria Conceição Martins, C M S Giampaglia, Rosângela Siqueira de Oliveira, R. F. A. M. Silva, P Ferro e Silva, María Alice da Silva Telles, Audrey N. Martin, Juan Carlos Palomino

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2009 · 15 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The data demonstrate that NRA is reliable for susceptibility testing of isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most important drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis. In addition, the reduction in the time necessary to obtain susceptibility results is of fundamental importance.

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