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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Section III: Drug Susceptibility Testing<br />

A. Primary Drug Susceptibility Testing (SIRE)<br />

1. Introduction<br />

2. Principles of the test<br />

3. Reagents<br />

a. Drugs<br />

b. SIRE supplement<br />

c. Storage<br />

4. <strong>Procedure</strong>s<br />

a. Reconstitution of lyophilized drugs<br />

b. Addition of a drug to the medium<br />

c. Preparation of the inoculum<br />

d. Inoculation and incubation<br />

5. Testing at higher drug concentrations<br />

6. Results<br />

7. Reporting<br />

8. Quality control (QC)<br />

B. Pyrazinamide (PZA) Susceptibility Testing<br />

1. Introduction<br />

2. Principles of the test<br />

3. Reagents<br />

4. <strong>Procedure</strong>s<br />

a. Reconstitution of lyophilized PZA drug<br />

b. Preparation of the inoculum<br />

c. Inoculation and incubation<br />

5. Results<br />

6. Reporting<br />

7. Quality control<br />

C. Secondline Drug Susceptibility Testing<br />

Section IV: References<br />

<strong>MGIT</strong> <strong>TM</strong> <strong>Procedure</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> 5

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