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Table 1 Pattern of Individual strains (n=31) showing resistance to rifampicin with the DST methods used in the study

From: The manual mycobacteria growth indicator tube and the nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance of M. Tuberculosisin low resource settings

Strain no (Lab No.)

DST method/s that confirmed rifampicin resistance

C4, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C20, C73, C83, C86, C88, C115, M60, M127, M15, C27, C22 C23,C163, C254 C150, C135, C110

APM, MGIT and NRA

(n=23)

 

M9, M33

APM and MGIT

(n=2)

 

PCR 88,PCR 57

Only APM

(n=2)

 

C120

Only MGIT

(n=1)

 

M46 , C25, M22

Only NRA

(n=3)