Assessment of Training on Culture and Drug Sensitivity Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a National Reference Laboratory

Radhakrishnan R^1*, Prabuseenivasan S¹, Balaji S¹, Sangamithirai D¹, Nagarajan P¹, Ponnuraja C², Uma Devi KR¹, Kumar V¹ and Selvakumar N¹

¹Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Mayor Sathyamoorthy Road, Chetput, Chennai, India

²Department of Statistics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Mayor Sathyamoorthy Road, Chetput, Chennai, India

^*Corresponding Author: Radhakrishnan R, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chetpet, Chennai, 600031, India, Tel: +91-44-2836 9659, Fax: +91-44-2836 2525 Email:

Keywords: Pre-test; Post-test; Questionnaire; Training programme; NRL

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