Transport delay of patient specimens undermines tuberculosis drug-resistance diagnostics: programmatic experience from a high-burden setting

Clinical Microbiology and Infection · Published 2026-07-01 · DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2026.07.016

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M. Neethi Chandra, K. Santhosh, V. Vijaya Kumari, Ch.R.N. Bhushana Rao, R. Sunil Kumar, D. Deepthi, Nithin Kurian, Ravi Sankar, Viswanath Buddolla

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2026

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Chandra, M., Santhosh, K., Kumari, V., et al. (2026). Transport delay of patient specimens undermines tuberculosis drug-resistance diagnostics: programmatic experience from a high-burden setting. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2026.07.016

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