Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates with discordant rifampicin genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility testing results from Pretoria South Africa

Background. In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and also extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The emergence of these forms of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide has alerted scientists to the need for improved diagnostic te...

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Main Author: Marubini, Elelwani Elliot
Other Authors: Fourie, P.B. (Petrus Bernardus)
Language:en
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56939
Marubini, EE 2016, Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates with discordant rifampicin genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility testing results from Pretoria South Africa, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56939>