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For tuberculosis is it mandatory to do drug susceptible test? If a person has already done AFB culture and Genexpert and is shown with MDR TB.
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Yes if MDR TB is suspected.
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Yes. It is necessary to know which drugs are working for the patient correctly. Genexpert and culture will only say that this is MDR tb but not the pattern of resistance to other drugs. The patient can also be further resistant to multiple drugs and not doing drug susceptibilty may miss an XDR tb. This can jeopardize the complete treatment
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