Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Assay for the Diagnosis of TB

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Authors

David Moore · Transnational Press London

Carlton A. Evans · Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine

Robert H. Gilman · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Luz Caviedes · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Jorge Coronel · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Aldo Vivar

Eduardo Sánchez

Yvette Piñedo

Abstract

A single MODS culture of a sputum sample offers more rapid and sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis than the existing gold-standard methods used.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 355, Issue 15, pp. 1539-1550

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa055524

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