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Abubakar D. Tukur.

North West Zonal Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano- Nigeria,

abubakartukurd@gmail.com
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Research Article Vol. 33, Issue 1

The Role of MTBDR plus ver 2.0 in the Detection of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Kano, Nigeria

Abubakar D. Tukur.*, Aishatu I. Aminu., Abdulhadi K. Sale., Jamiu O. Olabamiji., Umar A. Aliyu, Aminu M. Bashir, Bashir R. Usaini, Murtala Rabiu, Nafisatu Bello

The development of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant  tuberculosis XDR-TB coupled with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-infection with TB has brought a major  setback in the tuberculosis control strategies worldwide including Nigeria. The Genotype MTBDR plus VER  2.0 is widely recognized for its excellent perfo...

Jun, 2019 Vol. 33, Issue 1
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