Safe and cost-effective treatment response monitoring of MDR pulmonary tuberculosis by using micro colony broth culture method

Safe and cost-effective treatment response monitoring of MDR pulmonary tuberculosis by using micro colony broth culture method

Aims and objectives: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) management is expensive, prolonged and complicated. After starting anti-tuberculous treatment in MDR-TB patients, microbiological response to therapy is monitored by monthly sputum cultures. Conventional culture methods are costly, leadi...

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Main Authors: S Irfan, K Jabeen, M Irfan, N A Rao, Z Azizullah, R Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
MTB rapid detection method
Micro colony broth culture
MDR TB treatment response
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2015;volume=4;issue=5;spage=159;epage=160;aulast=Irfan;type=0

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