Performance of TaqMan array card to detect TB drug resistance on direct specimens

Sayera Banu; Suporn Pholwat; Suporn Foongladda; Rattapha Chinli; Duangjai Boonlert; Sara Sabrina Ferdous; S. M. Mazidur Rahman; Arfatur Rahman; Shahriar Ahmed; Eric R. Houpt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177167

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Performance of TaqMan array card to detect TB drug resistance on direct specimens

Sayera Banu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sayera Banu, Suporn Pholwat, Suporn Foongladda

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Suporn Pholwat ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sayera Banu, Suporn Pholwat, Suporn Foongladda

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Suporn Foongladda ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sayera Banu, Suporn Pholwat, Suporn Foongladda

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Rattapha Chinli,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Duangjai Boonlert,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sara Sabrina Ferdous,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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S. M. Mazidur Rahman,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Arfatur Rahman,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shahriar Ahmed,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Eric R. Houpt

* E-mail: erh6k@virginia.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-1354

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Performance of TaqMan array card to detect TB drug resistance on direct specimens

Sayera Banu,
Suporn Pholwat,
Suporn Foongladda,
Rattapha Chinli,
Duangjai Boonlert,
Sara Sabrina Ferdous,
S. M. Mazidur Rahman,
Arfatur Rahman,
Shahriar Ahmed,
Eric R. Houpt

Published: May 4, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177167

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