Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

Boehme, Catharina; Nabeta, Pamela; Hillemann, Doris; P. Nicol, Mark; Shenai, Shubhada; Krapp, Fiorella; Allen, Jenny; Tahirli, Rasim; Blakemore, Robert; Rustomjee, Roxana; Milovic, Ana; Jones, Martin; M. O’Brien, Sean; H. Persing, David; Ruesch-Gerdes, Sabine; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Rodrigues, Camilla; Alland, David; D. Perkins, Mark

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0907847

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Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 8, 2010

Authors:

Catharina Boehme

Pamela Nabeta

Doris Hillemann

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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 th...

Subject

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Medicine

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