Rapid Molecular Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a High-Volume Public Health Labora...
Rapid Molecular Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a High-Volume Public Health Laboratory in South Africa
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New York, NY: Am Thoracic Soc
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English
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New York, NY: Am Thoracic Soc
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The dual challenges to tuberculosis (TB) control of HIV infection and multidrug resistance are particularly pressing in South Africa. Conventional methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance take weeks to months to produce results. Rapid molecular testing for drug resistance is available but has not been implemented in high-TB-...
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Rapid Molecular Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a High-Volume Public Health Laboratory in South Africa
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70422619
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70422619
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1073-449X
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1535-4970
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10.1164/rccm.200709-1436OC
