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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
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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...
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Rapid culture-based methods for drug-resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Palomino JC, Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Portaels F
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
Tuberculosis still represents a major public health problem, especially in low-resource countries where the burden of the disease is more important. Multidrug-resistant and extensively d...