A novel automatic molecular test for detection of multidrug resistance tuberculosis in sputum specimen: A case control study

This study was conducted with aims to know the performance of this assay. Sputum sample from 224  TB suspects was collected from tuberculosis suspects seeking medical care at Beijing Chest hospital. The sputum samples were directly used for smear and ML TB test. The left sputum sample was used to conduct Xpert MTB/RIF, Bactec MGIT culture and drug susceptibility test (DST).

Source: Tuberculosis - March 29, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Qiang Li, Xi C. Ou, Yu Pang, Hui Xia, Hai R. Huang, Bing Zhao, Sheng F. Wang, Yan L. Zhao Source Type: research