Detection of extensive drug resistance by the Xpert MTB/XDR assay in multidrug resistant tuberculosis cases at a tertiary care centre in northern India, and therapeutic decision making for the six-month BPaLM regimen

The Xpert MTB/XDR assay has been approved by World Health Organization (WHO) as a reflex test on sputum samples after testing for rifampicin resistance. Recently, the Union Health Ministry of India in September 2024 approved the introduction of the six-month BPaLM regimen under its National TB Elimi...

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Main Authors: Richa Misra, Parijat Das, Alok Nath, Zafar Neyaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579425000117
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