Direct application of the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB line-probe assay for rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains and detection of rifampin resistance in 360 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains and detection of rifampin resistance in 360 smear-positive respiratory specimens from an area of high incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

The INNO-LiPA Rif.TB assay for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains and the detection of rifampin (RIF) resistance has been evaluated with 360 smear-positive respiratory specimens from an area of high incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The sensitivity...

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Main Author: Viveiros, M (author)
Other Authors: Leandro, C (author), Rodrigues, L (author), Almeida, J (author), Bettencourt, R (author), Couto, I (author), Carrilho, L (author), Diogo, J (author), Fonseca, A (author), Lito, L (author), Lopes, J (author), Pacheco, T (author), Pessanha, M (author), Quirim, J (author), Sancho, L (author), Salfinger, M (author), Amaral, L (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Tuberculose
Tuberculose pulmonar
Portugal
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/416
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/416

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