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Shinu,Pottathil; Singh,Varsha; Nair,Anroop. |
Abstract The current study was aimed to evaluate the performance of direct 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride assay and direct microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay with indirect Löwenstein-Jensen proportion method directly on Ziehl-Neelsen smear positive sputum specimens. Methods Direct acid fast bacilli smear positive sputum specimens (n = 264) were subjected to isoniazid and rifampicin drug susceptibility testing by direct 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride assay, direct microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay, and the performances were compared with indirect Löwenstein-Jensen proportion method. Results The direct 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride assay demonstrated an overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Rapid; Evaluation; Löwenstein–Jensen. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000100033 |
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