The Impact of Expanded Testing for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Using Geontype MTBDRplus in Sout...
The Impact of Expanded Testing for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Using Geontype MTBDRplus in South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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Globally, multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains underdiagnosed. The Genotype MTBDRplus®, a rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST) assay used to detect resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin in the diagnosis of MDR-TB, has good diagnostic accuracy, but its impact on patient outcomes in routine practice is unproven. We assessed the clini...
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The Impact of Expanded Testing for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Using Geontype MTBDRplus in South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1351067593
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1351067593
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0049898
