<p>MDR-PTB = multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis; NPV = negative predictive value; PPV = positive predictive value,(values in parantheses are with 95% confidence intervals); 27/269 samples did not have both phenotypic and genotypic results and hence were excluded.</p
A rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is critical for early initiation of effective ...
<p>Performance of MTT assay compared with the LJ standard proportion method (PM) in detection of <i>...
Limited performance data from line probe assays (LPAs), nucleic acid tests used for the rapid diagno...
<p>*If results are available for both phenotypic DST and LPA, a rifampicin resistance result on at l...
Rifampicin (R) and isoniazid (H) are key first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Failure to detect resis...
strains directly from smear-positive sputum samples in India.Smear positive sputum specimens from 3...
<p>INH: isoniazid; RIF: rifampin; LPA: line probe assay; MDR: multidrug-resistant; XDR: extensively ...
<p>Prevalence of drug resistance using line probe assay (LPA) results, conventional culture-based DS...
ABSTRACT Objective/purpose: The development of multidrug resistant tuberculosis and the emergence of...
Background: Nucleic acid detection has potentially revolutionized diagnosis of tuberculosis and has ...
<p>LPA denotes line probe assay; DST, drug-susceptibility testing. Adult patients with suspected pul...
The line probe assay (LiPA), a rapid molecular method for detecting rifampicin resistance (RMPr) in ...
SETTING: A national tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Tanzania. OBJECTIVE: To compare the ...
Only 25% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are currently diagnosed. Line probe assa...
<p>LPA = Line Probe Assay; DST = Drug Sensitivity Test; RIF = Rifampicin; INH = Isoniazid; R = ...
A rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is critical for early initiation of effective ...
<p>Performance of MTT assay compared with the LJ standard proportion method (PM) in detection of <i>...
Limited performance data from line probe assays (LPAs), nucleic acid tests used for the rapid diagno...
<p>*If results are available for both phenotypic DST and LPA, a rifampicin resistance result on at l...
Rifampicin (R) and isoniazid (H) are key first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Failure to detect resis...
strains directly from smear-positive sputum samples in India.Smear positive sputum specimens from 3...
<p>INH: isoniazid; RIF: rifampin; LPA: line probe assay; MDR: multidrug-resistant; XDR: extensively ...
<p>Prevalence of drug resistance using line probe assay (LPA) results, conventional culture-based DS...
ABSTRACT Objective/purpose: The development of multidrug resistant tuberculosis and the emergence of...
Background: Nucleic acid detection has potentially revolutionized diagnosis of tuberculosis and has ...
<p>LPA denotes line probe assay; DST, drug-susceptibility testing. Adult patients with suspected pul...
The line probe assay (LiPA), a rapid molecular method for detecting rifampicin resistance (RMPr) in ...
SETTING: A national tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Tanzania. OBJECTIVE: To compare the ...
Only 25% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are currently diagnosed. Line probe assa...
<p>LPA = Line Probe Assay; DST = Drug Sensitivity Test; RIF = Rifampicin; INH = Isoniazid; R = ...
A rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is critical for early initiation of effective ...
<p>Performance of MTT assay compared with the LJ standard proportion method (PM) in detection of <i>...
Limited performance data from line probe assays (LPAs), nucleic acid tests used for the rapid diagno...