Evaluation of the fully automated Bactec MGIT 960 system for the susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first-line drugs: a multicenter study

The accuracy of the Bactec MGIT 960 system for susceptibility testing of 177 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first line drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and streptomycin) was compared with the agar reference method. The sensitivity, the ability to detect resistance, of the...

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Published in:	Journal of microbiological methods Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 291 - 294
Main Authors:	Kontos, Fanourios, Maniati, Maria, Costopoulos, Christos, Gitti, Zoe, Nicolaou, Stavroula, Petinaki, Efymia, Anagnostou, Spyridoula, Tselentis, Ioannis, Maniatis, Antonios N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shannon Elsevier B.V 01-02-2004 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology Bactec MGIT 960 system Biological and medical sciences Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Ethambutol - pharmacology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Isoniazid - pharmacology Microbial Sensitivity Tests - methods Microbiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects Mycobacterium tuberculosis - growth & development Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Rifampin - pharmacology Sensitivity and Specificity Streptomycin - pharmacology Susceptibility testing Tuberculosis - microbiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bactec MGIT 960 system Susceptibility testing Drug susceptibility test Mycobacteriales Multicenter study Mycobacteriaceae Bacteria Actinomycetes
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