The manual mycobacteria growth indicator tube and the nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance of <it>M. Tuberculosis</it> in low resource settings
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of poverty that contributes significantly to ill-health in developing countries. Drug resistant TB is a major challenge to disease control. Early diagnosis and rapid determination of drug sensitivity is...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/326 |