Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and unsuccessful results from Xpert® MTB/Rif-Ultra assay in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Background: Tuberculosis, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), causes 10 million new infections and 1.3 million deaths annually. The treatment of TB is hampered by the increasing incidence rate of drug resistance associated with TB. To diagnose TB and identify drug-resis...

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Main Authors: Gizeaddis Belay, Hailu Getachew, Tigist Birku, Aimro Tadese, Yosef Gashaw, Michael Getie, Tazeb Molla, Molalign Tarekegn, Daniel Mekonnen, Alemayehu Abate
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579425000191
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