Performance of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay directly on sputum specimens from Brazilian patients with tuberculosis treatment failure or relapse.

Raquel de Abreu Maschmann, Fernanda Sá Spies, Luciana de Souza Nunes, Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro, Taís Raquel Marcon Machado, Arnaldo Zaha, Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti
Author Information
  1. Raquel de Abreu Maschmann: Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. raquel368@gmail.com

Abstract

Rapid identification of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is important in determining treatment for tuberculosis. The aim of this work was evaluate the performance of the GenoType MDRTBplus assay directly on sputum of patients who had treatment failure or relapse in a routine outpatient setting in southern Brazil.

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MeSH Term

Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Bacterial Proteins
Base Sequence
Brazil
Catalase
DNA, Bacterial
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Isoniazid
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Mutation
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Oxidoreductases
Recurrence
Rifampin
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sputum
Treatment Failure
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant

Chemicals

Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Oxidoreductases
Catalase
katG protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
InhA protein, Mycobacterium
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Isoniazid
Rifampin

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