XPERT MTB/RIF TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS AND RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE: RESULTS OF ITS INTRODUCTION IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

The Xpert MTB/RIF analysis was used to test 3,829 autopsy specimens. The detection rate of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis averaged 13%. The fact that the detection rate of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was 5% among the new cases with negative sputum smears and almost 20% among th...

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Main Authors: A. D. Adambekova, D. A. Adambekov, V. I. Litvinov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: NEW TERRA Publishing House 2014-01-01
Series:Tuberkulez i Bolezni Lëgkih
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Online Access:https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/7

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