Open AccessFirst experience with using simple polymerase chain reaction-based methods as an alternative to phenotypic drug susceptibility testing for Myobacterium tuberculosis in Iraq
Author(s) -
Suhad Hadi Mohammed,
Mohanad Mohsin Ahmed,
Abdul Razak H Ahmed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/2229-516x.117069
Subject(s) - rpob , biology , polymerase chain reaction , drug resistance , isoniazid , multiple drug resistance , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , context (archaeology) , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , genetics , medicine , paleontology , 16s ribosomal rna , pathology
In Iraq, the time-consuming, phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) on agar is the sole method available for detecting drug resistance in Myobacterium tuberculosis (TB). Furthermore, only single laboratory across Iraq is performing it on wide scale.