Browsing Medical Microbiology by Subject "XDR-TB"

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Comparison between the BACTEC MGIT 960 system and the agar proportion method for susceptibility testing of multidrug resistant tuberculosis strains in a high burden setting of South Africa

Said, Halima Mohammed; Kock, Marleen M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Baba, Kamaldeen A.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (BioMed Central, 2012-12-22)

BACKGROUND: The increasing problem of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) [ie resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF)] is becoming a global problem. Successful treatment outcome for MDR-TB depends ...
Evaluation of the GenoType (R) MTBDRsl assay for susceptibility testing of second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs

Said, Halima Mohammed; Kock, Marleen M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Baba, Kamaldeen A.; Omar, Shaheed Vally; Osman, Ayman Gassim Elamin; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-01)

BACKGROUND: The GenoType® MTBDRsl assay (Hains, Lifesciences, Germany) is a new rapid assay for detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. METHOD: The MTBDRsl assay was evaluated on 342 MDR-TB isolates ...

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