Qmac-dst for rapid detection of drug resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a multicenter pre–post comparative study

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• What: Background/Objectives: This study explores the impact of a rapid fully automated phenotypic drug susceptibility test (pDST) on the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients. Patients visited the hospital at 4-week intervals for sputum AFB smear and culture tests up to 12 weeks after initiating treatment (the 12-week period was set for research purposes, while patients received standard care according to the guidelinespecified duration).
• Who: Nakwon Kwak and collaborators from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of . . .
  

   

  

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