MicrobiologyJournal of Clinical MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
Direct thin-layer agar for bedaquiline-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at BSL2 level yields high accuracy in 15 days from sputum processing.
Isabel Cuella Martin, Docteur Runyambo, S. De Bock…·L. Rigouts
This paper evaluates thin-layer agar (TLA) for faster, accurate bedaquiline-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum samples, achieving high sensitivity and reducing time to result.
DOI 10.1128/jcm.01806-24