Diagnostic utility of a line probe assay for multidrug resistant-TB in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. [PDF]
To evaluate the performance of Genotype MTBDRplus VER 2.0 in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in sputum smear-negative pulmonary TB cases.A total of 572 Ziehl-Neelsen sputum smear-negative samples were selected and subjected to line ...
Binit Kumar Singh +7 more
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Clinical Evaluation of a Line-Probe Assay for Tuberculosis Detection and Drug-Resistance Prediction in Namibia. [PDF]
Treatment of tuberculosis requires rapid information about Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) drug susceptibility to ensure effective therapy and optimal outcomes.
Günther G +7 more
europepmc +3 more sources
Diagnostic performance of GenoType® MTBDRplus line probe assay
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Background: In patients unable to expectorate good quality sputum or with minimal to none sputum production, bronchoscopic specimens may be collected.
Swapna Kanade +3 more
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Comparative Performance of Line Probe Assay and GeneXpert in the Detection of Rifampicin Monoresistance in a TB-Endemic African Country [PDF]
Musso Munyeme +2 more
exaly +2 more sources
Detection of Resistant Prevalent Genes for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Line Probe Assay
Background: The emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains especially MDR-TB and indeed XDR-TB is a real threat to achieving TB control.
Tejaswini A. Olambe +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Background: Information on genotypic with comparison of phenotypic drug sensitivity test of anti-tuberculosis (TB) has been reported in several studies, which have variable results.
Ramalingam Radhakrishnan +11 more
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Diagnostic Evaluation of Non-Interpretable Results Associated with Gene in Genotype MTBDR Ver 2.0 [PDF]
Background Line probe assay (LPA) is standard diagnostic tool to detect multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Non-interpretable (NI) results in LPA (complete missing or light wild-type 3 and 8 bands with no mutation band in rpoB gene region) poses a ...
Binit Kumar Singh +9 more
doaj +1 more source
Background: The inability of young children to expectorate sputum and paucibacillary status of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) increases its diagnostic complexity.
Priya Rajendran +8 more
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Cost minimization analysis of line probe assay for detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Arkhangelsk region of Russian Federation. [PDF]
Cost minimization analysis of line probe assay for detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Arkhangelsk region of Russian ...
Bogdanova EN +11 more
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