Misidentification of Mycobacterium smegmatis as Mycobacterium fortuitum by DNA line probe assay [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021 Optimal management of infection with mycobacterial species requires accurate identification down to complex/species level due to variations in outcomes.
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Utility of line probe assay for the early detection of multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2015 Background: Despite endorsement of the line probe assay (LPA) for the diagnosis of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients, there is limited data available on the performance of LPAs in India, especially from high burden states like Maharashtra ...
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Efficacy Of Line Probe Assay In Detection Of Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Comparison With GeneXpert And Phenotypic Methods In Iran And Genetic Analysis Of Isolates By MIRU-VNTR [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019 Hossein Kazemian,1 Jalil Kardan-Yamchi,2 Abbas Bahador,1 Shadi Khonsari,3 Mahshid Nasehi,4 Gholamreza Hamzehloo,5 Farzam Vaziri,6 Mohammad Reza Salehi,7 Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi1,8 1Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran ...
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Magnitude of Phenotypic and MTBDRplus Line Probe Assay First-Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Among Tuberculosis Patients; Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021 Wubet Birhan Yigzaw, 1 Jordi B Torrelles, 2 Shu-Hua Wang, 3 Belay Tessema 1 1Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia; 2Population Health Program, Texas Biomedical Research ...
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Utility of Line Probe Assay for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2015 Introduction: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a rapid molecular test known as Line Probe Assay (LiPA) for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in pulmonary specimens.
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Comparative Performance of Line Probe Assay (Version 2) and Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Early Diagnosis of Rifampicin-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2021 Background The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), is a major menace to cast off TB worldwide. Line probe assay (LPA; GenoType MTBDRplus ver. 2) and Xpert MTB/RIF assays are two rapid molecular TB detection/diagnostic tests.
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Study of the prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Western Rajasthan using line probe assay [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Objective: To determine the prevalence of MDR-TB and find out the incidence of drug resistance using molecular diagnostic method. Line probe assay (LPA) is based on the principle of multiplex PCR is used to detect MTB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) complex
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Drug susceptibility testing and line probe assay of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs among presumptive tuberculosis patients attending a secondary care hospital in Bhubaneswar [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareBackground: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is important for identification in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients before starting therapy. PZA drug susceptibility testing (DST) is essential for the management of drug-resistant and susceptible TB patients ...
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Line probe assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: An experience from Central India. [PDF]
Indian J Med Res, 2017 Background & objectives: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex may sometimes not be detected in sputum samples of suspected multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients by line probe assay (LPA) even though they are smear positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB).
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Splenic Tubercular Abscess in an Immunocompromised Patient–Rapid Diagnosis by Line Probe Assay [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 Diagnosing extra–pulmonary tuberculosis is a challenge that can confound even the most practiced clinicians as clinical manifestations are vague, non-specific and typical chest radiograph findings may not be evident till late in the disease ...
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