Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Detection, Latvia

Skenders, Girts; Fry, Alicia M.; Prokopovica, Inga; Greckoseja, Silvija; Broka, Lonija; Metchock, Beverly; Holtz, Timothy H.; Wells, Charles D.; Leimane, Vaira

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Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Detection, Latvia

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Sep 2005
By Skenders, Girts ; Fry, Alicia M. ; Prokopovica, Inga ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Skenders, Girts ; Fry, Alicia M. ; Prokopovica, Inga ; Greckoseja, Silvija ; Broka, Lonija ; Metchock, Beverly ; Holtz, Timothy H. ; Wells, Charles D. ; Leimane, Vaira
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To improve multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) detection, we successfully introduced the rpoB gene mutation line probe assay into the national laboratory in Latvia, a country with epidemic MDR-TB. The assay detected rifampin resistance with 91% sensitivity and 96% specificity within 1 to 5 days (vs. 12-47 days for BACTEC).
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Antitubercular Agents Dispatch Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Sputum Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1461-1463.
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Latvia
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Europe
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11
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9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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