Evaluation of microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Viet Nam.

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is important for the elimination of TB. We evaluated the microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay as a direct rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST) method for MDR-TB screening in sputum...

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Main Authors: Dang, T, Nguyen, T, Wolbers, M, Vo, S, Hoang, T, Nguyen, H, To, M, Vuong, M, Tran, V, Vo, T, Dai, V, Phan, T, Farrar, J, Caws, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012

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