Evaluation of the Usefulness of the MODS Assay for the Detection of TB andMDR TB among PTB Suspects in the Philippines

Myrna T Mendoza1*, Marc Agnew M Cajucom2, Jill R Itable1,3 and Rosally P Zamora1,4 1Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines 2Microbiology Laboratory, Medical Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines 3Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, San Pedro Hospital, Davao City, Philippines 4Department of Internal Medicine, East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines *Corresponding author: Myrna T Mendoza, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines, Tel: +63-2-5251062; E-mail: myrnatmendoza@yahoo.com