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A Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay (TB-MBLA)
Published on: April 30, 2020
Mycobacterial testing in hospital laboratories: results from a questionnaire survey in Italy
C Piersimoni1, F Mandler, D Marchetti
1Mycobacteria Committee, Italian Association of Clinical Microbiology (AMCLI), Milan, Italy. piersim@tin.it
Abstract:
Between 1999 and 2001, 355 hospital laboratories in Italy were asked to complete a questionnaire addressing mycobacterial test methods, 1-year workloads and laboratory safety features. Analysis of the data showed that rapid methods for mycobacterial testing were being used by most larger laboratories; however, sub-optimal methods were still in use in small and medium-size laboratories. In a country such as Italy, which has a low prevalence of tuberculosis cases, implementation of rapid technologies, combined with regionalisation of mycobacterial diagnostic services, seems to be the most reasonable and cost-effective strategy.
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