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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2012

Rapid direct testing of susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and rifampin on nutrient and blood agar in resource-starved settings.

Luqman Satti, Aamer Ikram, Ahmet Yilmaz Coban, Anandi Martin

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Luqman SattiDepartment of Pathology, Combined Military Hospital, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. luqmansatti@hotmail.com
Aamer Ikram
Ahmet Yilmaz Coban
Anandi Martin

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the performance of blood agar (by macroscopic growth) and nutrient agar (by a microcolony detection method) for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against rifampin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH), using 67 smear-positive sputum specimens. The direct proportion method on Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium was used as the "gold standard." Compared with LJ medium, results for both media were in 100% agreement for RIF, while for INH the agreement levels for blood agar and nutrient agar were 98% and 95%, respectively. Within 2 weeks, 100% of specimens yielded results on blood agar, while 96.8% of specimens yielded results on nutrient agar. Our study showed that blood agar and nutrient agar can be used as alternative media for direct susceptibility testing of RIF and INH, especially in resource-poor settings.

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AgarAntitubercular AgentsCulture MediaDeveloping CountriesHumansIsoniazidMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisReproducibility of ResultsRifampinSensitivity and SpecificityTime FactorsAgarAntitubercular AgentsCulture MediaIsoniazidRifampin

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PMID22357498
PMCPMC3347108

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