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BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :2
The MTBDRplus assay system provides a suitable test for drug-resistant tuberculosis in sputum samples from patients in Samara, Russia, demonstrating high sensitivity and specificity and being more rapid than conventional laboratory tests.
BMC Clinical Pathology 2009, 9 :1
Mycobacteria are found in a wide range of extrapulmonary tissues and body fluids in Mexican patients diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, although most were non-tubercular and were sensitive to rifampacin.
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