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. 2025 Mar 31;29(4):189-192.
doi: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0366.

Drug susceptibility testing for TB using the Xpert MTB/XDR assay on stool specimens

W Khumalo  1 , N Maphalala  1 , D Mulengwa  1 , M Ziyane  2 , D B Sibandze  3 , S Niemann  4 , V Dreyer  4 , A Seeger  5 , M Madison  6 , T Ness  5 , T Jele  7 , A L Garcia-Basteiro  8 , G Maphalala  9 , A R DiNardo  5 , A M Mandalakas  10 , A Kay  6
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Drug susceptibility testing for TB using the Xpert MTB/XDR assay on stool specimens

W Khumalo et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: Oxford Nanopore provided AmPORE TB Kits for research use only (RUO) under a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). Oxford Immunotec had no role in the analysis of data or development of this manuscript.

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