Target Product Profile of a Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Use in Microscopy Centers
Author(s) -
Claudia M. Denkinger,
David L. Dolinger,
Marco Schito,
William A. Wells,
Frank Cobelens,
Madhukar Pai,
Matteo Zignol,
Daniela María Cirillo,
David Alland,
Martina Casenghi,
Jim Gallarda,
Catharina Boehme,
Mark D. Perkins
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiu682
Subject(s) - test (biology) , tuberculosis , stakeholder , medicine , product (mathematics) , drug resistance , turnaround time , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , biology , pathology , genetics , operating system , public relations , mathematics , paleontology , political science , geometry
Current phenotypic testing for drug resistance in patients with tuberculosis is inadequate primarily with respect to turnaround time. Molecular tests hold the promise of an improved time to diagnosis.
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