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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: resistance rates to first and reserve antituberculosis drugs in the UK in 2008/9 and the role of rapid molecular tests for drug resistance
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  1. S L Mitchell1,
  2. N Seoudi1,2,
  3. D C S Hutchison1,
  4. F A Drobniewski1
  1. 1National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
  2. 2Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr F A Drobniewski, National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK; f.drobniewski{at}qmul.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.148866

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    At the Health Protection Agency National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory (HPA NMRL) between January 2008 and December 2009, we evaluated in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB; isolates resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid) the rate of resistance to other first-line drugs (ethambutol and pyrazinamide) and to reserve drugs and the role of rapid …

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