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Demonstrating a Multi-drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplification Microarray
Published on: April 25, 2014
Pyrosequencing-based approach for rapid detection of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Jin Rong Zhao1, Yu Jie Bai, Qing Hua Zhang
1Institute of Genetic Diagnosis, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China. zhaojrr@126.com
Abstract:
Rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis could be determined within 2 h by using pyrosequencing-based approach. Pyrosequencing results of rifampin-resistant (n = 21) and rifampin-susceptible (n = 20) M. tuberculosis isolates were concordant with those based on drug susceptibility testing and conventional DNA sequencing. Results showed pyrosequencing-based approach is a rapid, sensitive, and efficient detection method of rifampin-resistant M. tuberculosis.
