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Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana

Theophilus Afum, Prince Asare, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko-Otchere, Portia Abena Morgan, Edmund Bedeley, Diana Asema Asandem, Abdul Basit Musah, Ishaque Mintah Siam, Phillip Tetteh, Yaw Adusi-Poku, Rita Frimpong-Manso, Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney, William Ampofo, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

published 28 Dec 2021

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Diagnostic accuracy of Truenat Tuberculosis and Rifampicin-Resistance assays in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abyot Meaza, Ephrem Tesfaye, Zemedu Mohamed, Betselot Zerihun, Getachew Seid, Kirubel Eshetu, Miskir Amare, Waganeh Sinshaw, Biniyam Dagne, Hilina Mollalign, Getu Diriba, Melak Getu, Bazezew Yenew, Mengistu Tadesse, Dinka Fikadu, Yeshiwork Abebaw, Shewki Moga, Abebaw Kebede, Habteyes Hailu Tola, Ayinalem Alemu, Muluwork Getahun, Balako Gumi

published 28 Dec 2021

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Possible relationship between esophageal dilatation and severity of M. abscessus pulmonary disease

Hiromichi Hara, Keitaro Okuda, Jun Araya, Hirofumi Utsumi, Daisuke Takekoshi, Saburo Ito, Hiroshi Wakui, Shunsuke Minagawa, Takanori Numata, Kazuyoshi Kuwano

published 23 Dec 2021

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Equivalence of the GeneXpert System and GeneXpert Omni System for tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance detection

Sophia B. Georghiou, Riccardo Alagna, Daniela M. Cirillo, Sergio Carmona, Morten Ruhwald, Samuel G. Schumacher

published 17 Dec 2021

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Performance of GenoType MTBDRsl assay for detection of second-line drugs and ethambutol resistance directly from sputum specimens of MDR-TB patients in Bangladesh

S. M. Mazidur Rahman, Rumana Nasrin, Arfatur Rahman, Shahriar Ahmed, Razia Khatun, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Md. Mojibur Rahman, Sayera Banu

published 16 Dec 2021

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Environmental predictors of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) sputum positivity among persons with cystic fibrosis in the state of Florida

Sydney L. Foote, Ettie M. Lipner, D. Rebecca Prevots, Emily E. Ricotta

published 09 Dec 2021

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Enhanced serodiagnostic potential of a fusion molecule consisting of Rv1793, Rv2628 and a truncated Rv2608 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Sadaf Sulman, Saher Shahid, Aasia Khaliq, Atiqa Ambreen, Imran H. Khan, Andrea M. Cooper, Muhammad Waheed Akhtar

published 12 Nov 2021

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Targeted proteomics as a tool to detect SARS-CoV-2 proteins in clinical specimens

Karel Bezstarosti, Mart M. Lamers, Wouter A. S. Doff, Peter C. Wever, Khoa T. D. Thai, Jeroen J. A. van Kampen, Bart L. Haagmans, Jeroen A. A. Demmers

published 11 Nov 2021

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Metataxonomic investigation of the microbial community in the trachea and oropharynx of healthy controls and diabetic patients using endotracheal tubes

Sun Young Cho, Jeong-Hyun Choi, Seung Hyeun Lee, Yong-Sung Choi, Sung Wook Hwang, Young Jin Kim

published 05 Nov 2021

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Feasibility of Find cases Actively, Separate safely and Treat effectively (FAST) strategy for early diagnosis of TB in Nepal: An implementation research

Sagun Paudel, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Ashmita Ghimire, Choden Lama Yonzon, Yodi Mahendradhata

published 26 Oct 2021

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A bioinformatics pipeline for Mycobacterium tuberculosis sequencing that cleans contaminant reads from sputum samples

Betzaida Cuevas-Córdoba, Cristóbal Fresno, Joshua I. Haase-Hernández, Martín Barbosa-Amezcua, Minerva Mata-Rocha, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Miguel A. Salazar-Lezama, José A. Martínez-Orozco, Luis A. Narváez-Díaz, Jorge Salas-Hernández, Vanessa González-Covarrubias, Xavier Soberón

published 26 Oct 2021

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Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia

Abdene Weya Kaso, Alemayehu Hailu

published 25 Oct 2021

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Variation of tuberculosis prevalence across diagnostic approaches and geographical areas of Indonesia

Alvera Noviyani, Tanawin Nopsopon, Krit Pongpirul

published 15 Oct 2021

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