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Of these, 188 had incomplete clinical information available, or did not have complete DST and thus could not be assigned to one resistance category, leaving 194 results available for complete analysis.
Complete DST results were available for 1,826 patients with smear-positive TB from 80 different TB clinics throughout the country.
Of 1,846 patients, 1,241 (67.2%) had complete DST results for isoniazid and rifampin; 419 (33.8%) patients had multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB at the time of referral.
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Demographic analysis was restricted to 1079 (91.7%) cases with complete MIRU typing, DST results and relevant demographic data.
They exercised that right, and have brought in DST to complete the sale.
Among all patients in whom DST was completed in both the blood and sputum sample, the DST results were identical.
DST was completed on all positive specimens after secondary inoculation on to Middlebrook 7H11 agar and using the 1% proportional method for the drugs as described with blood specimens.
4. Identify 'supervisors', or experts knowledgeable on the DST subject, to review and complete the DSTs information, to authorise release of the DSTs to the public.
DST was not completed in one patient's sputum sample but the blood culture revealed XDR-TB.
However, while Xpert and MTBDR plus offer rapid results and similar performance characteristics, each has limitations and neither may be a complete replacement for conventional culture and DST [ 2, 3, 6, 7].
Moreover, the constitutional authority for DST is completely hazy.
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