| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5672420 | Indian Journal of Tuberculosis | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Since the bacterial load in direct smear-negative suspected MDR samples is less, it is important to recover mycobacteria by rapid liquid culture method in such samples. Initial screening for MDRTB is to be done in such cases by performing rapid molecular genotypic drug susceptibility test such as LPA. Baseline second-line DST is also done to rule out the XDR cases among them for rapid and better management of XDRTB patients.
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Authors
Himanshu Vashistha, M. Hanif, Sanjeev Saini, Ashwani Khanna, Srashty Sharma, Zeeshan Sidiq, Vasim Ahmed, Manoj Dubey, K.K. Chopra, Divya Shrivastava,