Genotype MTBDR plus : a Further Step toward Rapid Identification of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Paolo Miotto,
Federica Piana,
Daniela María Cirillo,
Giovanni Battista Migliori
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01066-07
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , genotype , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , drug resistance , biology , identification (biology) , virology , medicine , genetics , pathology , gene , botany
In a previous publication ([1][1]), we evaluated the Genotype MTBDR (GT-MTBDR; Hain Lifescience, Nehren, Germany) assay as a rapid diagnostic tool for multidrug resistance (MDR) detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and clinical specimens. The main limitation of the test was the low
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