XPERT MTB/RIF TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS AND RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE: RESULTS OF ITS INTRODUCTION IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
The Xpert MTB/RIF analysis was used to test 3,829 autopsy specimens. The detection rate of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis averaged 13%. The fact that the detection rate of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was 5% among the new cases with negative sputum smears and almost 20% among th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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New Terra Publishing House
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Туберкулез и болезни лёгких |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/7 |