EFFICIENCY OF MOLECULAR-GENETIC METHOD GENEXPERT MTB/RIF FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF TUBERCULOSIS
Tarashkevich Natal'ya Vladimirovna, Kamenko Ekaterina Sergeevna
Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk
Abstract. The article describes the results of a study on evaluating the efficacy of the molecular-genetic method GeneXpert MTB/RIF , and gives its comparison with bacteriological and microscopic research methods for the diagnostics of tuberculosis. In the course of the work the authors confirm the high efficiency of the molecular-genetic method GeneXpert MTB/RIF .
Key words and phrases: туберкулез, множественная лекарственная устойчивость, диагностика, GeneXpert MTB/RIF, сравнение чувствительности, специфичности и эффективности исследований, tuberculosis, multidrug resistance, diagnostics, GeneXpert MTB/RIF, comparison of sensitivity, specificity and efficiency of studies
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