Lipoarabinomannan in sputum to detect bacterial load and treatment response in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: Analytic validation and evaluation in two cohorts

• Masanori Kawasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-6273

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• Carmenchu Echiverri,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tropical Disease Foundation, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0688-6618

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• Lawrence Raymond,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

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• Elizabeth Cadena,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila City, Metro Manila, Philippines

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2254-4557

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• Evelyn Reside,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical City, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines

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• Maria Tarcela Gler,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Makati Medical Center, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

  Affiliation Otsuka Manila Research Center, Otsuka (Philippines) Pharmaceutical, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

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• Tetsuya Oda,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryuta Ito,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryo Higashiyama,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kiyonori Katsuragi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yongge Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yongge.liu@otsuka-us.com

  Affiliation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-4176

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