Quality assurance programme for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the WHO/IUATLD Supranational Reference Laboratory Network: Five rounds of proficiency testing, 1994-1998

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 748-756

  Laszlo, A ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Espinal, M ^a   Raviglione, M ^a   Portaels, F ^a   Boulahbal, F ^a   Yala, D ^a   De Kantor, I N ^a   Reneiro, A ^a   Dawson, D ^a   Valenzuela, P ^a   Kubin, M ^a   Havelkova M ^a   Vincent, V ^a   Sticht Groh, V ^a   Bretzel, G ^a   Feldmann, K ^a   Rusch Gerdes, S ^a   Orefici, G ^a   Abe, C ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Van Klingeren, B ^a   Pereira, M F ^a   Casabona, N Martin ^a   Hoffner, S ^a   Weyer, K ^a   Drobniewsky, F ^a   Metchock, B ^a   Smithwick, R ^a   Jenkins, P A ^a   Miorner D H ^a   Urbanczik, R ^a   Jain, N K ^a   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility testing; M. tuberculosis; Quality assurance; Supranational Laboratory Network; WHO IUATLD

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036729530     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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