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Comparative Study
. 2005 Jul-Aug;14(4):264-7.
doi: 10.1159/000085747.

E-test: an alternative method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Sinem Akcali  1 , Candan Cicek, Suheyla Surucuoglu, Beril Ozbakkaloglu
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Comparative Study

E-test: an alternative method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Sinem Akcali et al. Med Princ Pract. 2005 Jul-Aug.
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the agar proportion method with the E-test method for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Materials and methods: A total of 100 isolates were tested for isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin and ethambutol susceptibility using an indirect-proportion method as well as the E-test method.

Results: Categorical agreement between the methods was 100% for isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin, and ethambutol.

Conclusion: The E-test method appears to be an alternative method to agar proportion for testing the susceptibility of M. tuberculosis isolates to the first-line antituberculous agents.

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