Discrepancies in Drug Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis Patients Resulted from the Mixed Infection and the Testing System

To find the potential reasons for the discrepancies in the drug susceptibility test (DST) of M. tuberculosis isolates, twenty paired isolates with disputed drug susceptibilities to isoniazid (INH) were selected according to the MGIT960 testing and Löwenstein-Jensen (L-J) proportion methods. Their MI...

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Main Authors: Mei, Zaoxian, Sun, Zhaogang, Bai, Dapeng, Xu, Yuhui, Li, Zhiling, Huang, Hairong, Li, Chuanyou, Xu, Shaofa, Li, Li
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4433640/