PLoS ONE · 2013 · 14 citations · 10 references
Public HealthInfectious DiseasesDiagnostic MicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyTuberculosis ControlDiagnostic BacteriologyMycobacterial DiagnosticsTuberculosis CareTuberculosis DiagnosisTuberculosis Diagnostic TestingTuberculosis EpidemiologyComparative EvaluationDrug Resistance TestingDrug Susceptibility AssaysEarly DiagnosisMutationPhenotypic Drug Susceptibility TestingRifampicin Resistance TestingSputum Microbiology
The objectives of the study were to compare the performance of line probe assay (GenoType MTBDRplus) with solid culture method for an early diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and to study the mutation patterns associated with rpoB, katG and inhA genes at a tertiary care centre in north India.
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Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance
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