Resazurin microtitre plate assay and Sensititre® MycoTB for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance in a high tuberculosis resistance setting

Background: Rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a challenge in low-income countries. Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing using Sensititre® MycoTB assay and the resazurin microtitre plate assay (REMA) are relatively new innovative methods to determine drug susceptibilit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Prenika Jaglal, Melendhran Pillay, Koleka Mlisana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2019-12-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/840