Fluoromycobacteriophages Can Detect Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Determine Phenotypic Rifampicin Resistance in 3–5 Days From Sputum Collection

Fluoromycobacteriophages Can Detect Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Determine Phenotypic Rifampicin Resistance in 3–5 Days From Sputum Collection

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 40% of tuberculosis (TB) cases are not diagnosed and treated correctly. Even though there are several diagnostic tests available in the market, rapid, easy, inexpensive detection, and drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis i...

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Main Authors: Liliana Rondón, Estefanía Urdániz, Cecilia Latini, Florencia Payaslian, Mario Matteo, Ezequiel J. Sosa, Darío F. Do Porto, Adrian G. Turjanski, Sergio Nemirovsky, Graham F. Hatfull, Susana Poggi, Mariana Piuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
diagnosis
fluoromycobacteriophages
drug susceptibility testing
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01471/full

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