Browsing FAMED – Faculdade de Medicina by Author "Fissette, Krista"
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Nitrate reductase assay using sodium nitrate for rapid detection of multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Macedo, Maíra Bidart de; Groll, Andrea Von; Fissette, Krista; Palomino, Juan Carlos; Silva, Pedro Eduardo Almeida da; Martin, Anandi (2012)We validated the nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) using sodium nitrate (NaNO3) in replacement of potassium nitrate (KNO3) as nitrate source. NaNO3 ... -
Rapid detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system
Martin, Anandi; Groll, Andrea Von; Fissette, Krista; Palomino, Juan Carlos; Varaine, Francis; Portaels, Françoise (2008)The objective of this study was to evaluate the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to second-line drugs compared to the proportion method. ...