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Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Martin AIC, Fissette K, Varaine FFV, Portaels F, Palomino JC
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
We compared the sensitivity and time to detection of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the thin layer agar (TLA) compared to BACTEC MGIT960. The average time for growth of M. tuber...
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Thin-layer agar for detection of resistance to rifampicin, ofloxacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Martin AIC, Paasch F, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Almeida P,  et al.
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
In low-income countries there is a great need for economical methods for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics.

OBJECTIVE
T...
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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system

Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Palomino JC, Varaine FFV,  et al.
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to second-line drugs...