Performance Assessment of the GenoType®MTBDRplus Assay for Rapid Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis among Clinical Isolates in Low Tuberculosis Burden Setting

Innocent Uwimana^1,2*, Eliane Kamanzi¹, Elyse Mukamukwiye¹, Etienne Kayigi¹, Aniceth Rucogoza¹, Emil Ivan Mwikarago¹, Francine Birungi², Joseph Ntaganira² and Claude Muvunyi³

¹Microbiology Unit, National Reference Laboratory Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Kigali, Rwanda

²School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

³University of Rwanda, University Teaching Hospital in Tirol, Kigali, Rwanda

^*Corresponding Author: Innocent Uwimana, Rwanda Biomedical Center/National Reference Laboratory, Kigali City, Rwanda, Tel: 250 783119545 Email: