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Tuberculosis
Research from C.J.N. Fhogartaigh et al has provided new information about tuberculosis
June 10th, 2008
According to a study from Lima, Peru, "Laboratorio de Investigacion de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and government health centres, Lima, Peru. To evaluate the contribution of unselected (courtesy) microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) testing to the diagnosis and/or drug susceptibility testing (DST) of tuberculosis and their subsequent impact upon patient management." "Retrospective database analysis and case note review of MODS culture-positive cases. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated in 28.9% of 225 samples (209 patients); 22.2% of 63 positive cases were multidrug-resistant. In 58 MODS culture-positive cases...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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