Drug resistance detection and mutation patterns of multidrug resistant tuberculosis strains from children in Delhi

• Main Authors: Jyoti Arora (Author), Ritu Singhal (Author), Manpreet Bhalla (Author), Ajoy Verma (Author), Niti Singh (Author), Digamber Behera (Author), Rohit Sarin (Author), Vithal Prasad Myneedu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A total of 312 sputum samples from pediatric patients presumptive of multidrug resistant tuberculosis were tested for the detection of drug resistance using the GenoTypeMTBDRplus assay. A total of 193 (61.8%) patients were smear positive and 119 (38.1%) were smear negative by Ziehl-Neelsen staining....