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Tuberculosis
Scientists at Taipei Veterans General Hospital describe research in tuberculosis
June 3rd, 2008
According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a medical center in northern Taiwan between 2003 and 2004 in comparison to those reported in 1990-1992. A total of 611 non-duplicate M. tuberculosis isolates from culture-proven tuberculosis (TB) cases were tested for drug susceptibility against five first-line anti-TB drugs in a clinical mycobacterial laboratory using the agar proportional method for isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RIF), ethambutol (EMB), and streptomycin (SM)." "The Wayne assay, which measures the activity of pyrazinamide (PZA), was used for PZA...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-03)
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