Poor Performance of Rapid Molecular Tests to Define Eligibility for the Shortcourse Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Regimen.
WHO
line probe assay
molecular testing
multidrug-resistance
tuberculosis
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 04 2019
08 04 2019
Historique:
received:
25
05
2018
accepted:
16
09
2018
pubmed:
22
9
2018
medline:
26
6
2020
entrez:
22
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The World Health Organization recommends shortcourse regimen (SCR) to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis for patients with strains susceptible by line-probe assays (LPAs) to second-line drugs. Our retrospective study shows LPAs have suboptimal specificity in predicting eligibility for SCR; a quarter of eligible patients would receive inadequate therapy with SCR.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30239638
pii: 5103895
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy808
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antitubercular Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1410-1411Informations de copyright
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