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Tuberculosis
Reports summarize tuberculosis study results from Brigham and Women's Hospital
June 17th, 2008
"Over the past 10 years, the Peruvian National Tuberculosis (TB) Program, the National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Socios en Salud, and US partners have worked to, strengthen the national TB laboratory network to support treatment of multidrug-resistant TB. We review key lessons of this experience," scientists in the United States report. "The preparation phase involved establishing criteria for drug susceptibility testing (DST), selecting appropriate DST methods, projecting the quantity of DST and culture to ensure adequate supplies, creating biosafe laboratory facilities for DST, training laboratory personnel on methods, and validating DST methods at the NRL....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-17)
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