@article {Qi:2011:1027-3719:137,title = "Performance of culture and drug susceptibility testing in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in northern China [Short communication]",
journal = "The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease",
parent_itemid = "infobike://iuatld/ijtld",
publishercode ="iuatld",
year = "2011",
volume = "15",
number = "1",
publication date ="2011-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "137-139",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1027-3719",
eissn = "1815-7920",
url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2011/00000015/00000001/art00025",
keyword = "multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, China, drug susceptibility testing, culture"
abstract = "Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a growing problem in China. In 2008, all smear-positive pulmonary TB patients in a city in northern China were expected to undergo routine culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST). We assessed the performance of this system. There were 915 patients, of whom 356 (39%) had culture performed; 275 (30%) had positive cultures and 236 (26%) had DST. Of the 236 patients with DST, 6% of new and 32% of previously treated patients had MDR-TB. Culture and DST is an important service for the correct management of patients, and solutions to improve the current system need to be considered.",
author = "Qi, W. and Harries, A. D. and Hinderaker, S. G.",
}