Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Central Mozambique: the role of a rapid genotypic susceptibility testing
BMC infect. dis; 16 (423), 2016
Background: Genotypic molecular testing may be very helpful for tuberculosis (TB) drug-resistance surveillance and for treatment guidance in low resource settings.
Methods: Descriptive analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates from Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique, during 2014-2015. Genotype MTBDRplus and ...
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use, Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects, Ethambutol/therapeutic use, Fluoroquinolones/therapeutic use, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, Mozambique