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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
External quality control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing: Results of two rounds in endemic countries
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 12, No. 2, Year 2008
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SETTING: Quality assurance for the World Health Organization (WHO)/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) global tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance surveillance programme. OBJECTIVE: To monitor the quality of drug susceptibility testing (DST) in different countries. METHODS: In 2002-2003 and 2005-2006, 20 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were sent by the WHO/Union Supranational Reference Laboratory of Rome to TB reference laboratories in Albania, Bahrain, Kosovo, Mozambique, Oman, Qatar and Turkey for external quality control (EQC). RESULTS: In 2002-2003, the specificity, sensitivity, efficiency, reproducibility and predictive values for resistance/susceptibility were ≥90% for streptomycin (SM), isoniazid (INH) and ethambutol (EMB). In 2005-2006, all statistical values were ≥96% for SM, INH, rifampicin and EMB. CONCLUSION: EQC improved the quality of M. tuberculosis DST in the participating countries. © 2008 The Union.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fattorini, Lanfranco
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Iona, Elisabetta
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Cirillo, D. M.
Italy, Milan
Irccs Ospedale San Raffaele
Migliori, Giovanni Battista
Italy, Pavia
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Spa – sb
Orefici, Graziella
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Aziz, M. A.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Wright, Abigail
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Tafaj, Silva
Albania, Tirana
University Hospital Centre Tirana
Baig, B.
Bahrain
National Reference Laboratory
Mulliqi, G.
North Macedonia, Prishtina
National Institute of Public Health
Maungate, Salomão
Mozambique, Maputo
Laboratorio National de Referenda da Tb/lepra
Cuna, Zaina
Mozambique, Maputo
Laboratorio National de Referenda da Tb/lepra
Al-Busaidy, S. M.
Oman, Muscat
Central Public Health Laboratory
Al-Suwaidi, Z.
Unknown Affiliation
Ceyhan, Ismail
Turkey, Ankara
National Food Reference Laboratory
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
ISSN:
10273719
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Mozambique