title: [Use of automated bactec MGIT 960 system in the diagnosis of resistance to reserve drugs agents in Samara].
abstract: The paper gives the results of a demonstration project to introduce a test for drug sensitivity to second-line antituberculous agents for patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis at a routine large Russian laboratory. Two hundred and thirty MDR isolates were examined; of them 8.7% had extreme drug resistance. The cost of this test was estimated to be US $ 33.4. The introduction of this test is possible and essential for the precise and timely choice of antituberculous therapy for patients with MDR tuberculosis.
authors.forename: Ia M
authors.initials: IaM
authors.lastname: Balabanova
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Fedorin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Malomanova
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drobnievskiĭ
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nikolaevskiĭ
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Mashkova
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Simak
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kontsevaia
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Ignat'eva
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mironova
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002947:Cities; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012426:Russia; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents