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Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

Author(s) -

Catharina Boehme,

Pamela Nabeta,

Doris Hillemann,

Mark P. Nicol,

Shubhada Shenai,

Fiorella Krapp,

Jenny Allen,

Rasim Tahirli,

Robert Blakemore,

Roxana Rustomjee,

Ana Milovic,

Martin Jones,

Sean M. O’Brien,

David H. Persing,

Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes,

Eduardo Gotuzzo,

Camilla Rodrigues,

David Alland,

Mark D. Perkins

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0907847

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , sputum , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , rifampicin , tuberculosis diagnosis , biology , pathology

Global control of tuberculosis is hampered by slow, insensitive diagnostic methods, particularly for the detection of drug-resistant forms and in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Early detection is essential to reduce the death rate and interrupt transmission, but the complexity and infrastructure needs of sensitive methods limit their accessibility and effect.

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