title: Implementation validation performed in Rwanda to determine whether the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB line probe assay can be used for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low-resource countries.
abstract: We validated the implementation of the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB line probe assay, a diagnostic test for rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), in Rwanda. No substantial difference was found between results obtained in Rwanda and results obtained in Belgium with the same samples. This rapid diagnostic test for MDR-TB can therefore be reliably implemented in a resource-poor setting.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Structural Microbiology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Cindy Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Quezada
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kamanzi
authors.forename: Julienne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mukamutara
authors.forename: Pim
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Rijk
authors.forename: Leen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rigouts
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portaels
authors.forename: Yanis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben Amor
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001530:Belgium; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012432:Rwanda; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*