| 摘要 |
A screening test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patient samples includes an antibody preparation prepared against the cell wall antigens of M. tuberculosis. One embodiment of the screening test is rapid and has a negative predictive value of 95% or more. Furthermore, the use of an antibody preparation that will specifically bind to multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli permits the screening test to differentiate the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli strains that are resistant to the antibiotics rifampicin and isoniazid.
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