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Tuberculosis
Reports outline tuberculosis study findings from L. Asencios and colleagues
August 12th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Performance characteristics of novel rapid drug susceptibility tests (DST) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis may change when moving from research to implementation in actual public health practice. We describe the performance characteristics of a direct, rapid DST when implemented in Lima, Peru." "A district laboratory validated conventional proportions and nitrate reductase methods. We collected data on samples submitted for DST from January 2005 to June 2007 and calculated frequency of testing and results, and median time to test results. A total of 4102 DSTs were performed by con-ventional DST and 895 by nitrate...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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