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Performance of an Xpert-based diagnostic algorithm for the rapid detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis among high-risk populations in a low-incidence setting

Ting-Yi Chiang, Shin-Yuan Fan, Ruwen Jou

Recurrence of tuberculosis among newly diagnosed sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, India: A multi-centric prospective study

Banurekha Velayutham, Vineet Kumar Chadha, [ ... ], Mohan Natrajan

Automated TruTip nucleic acid extraction and purification from raw sputum

Nitu Thakore, Ryan Norville, [ ... ], Rebecca C. Holmberg

Using mHealth to improve tuberculosis case identification and treatment initiation in South Africa: Results from a pilot study

Noriah Maraba, Christopher J. Hoffmann, [ ... ], Kerrigan McCarthy

Tuberculosis in people newly diagnosed with HIV at a large HIV care and treatment center in Northwest Cameroon: Burden, comparative screening and diagnostic yields, and patient outcomes

Eyongetah Tabenyang Mbu, Florian Sauter, [ ... ], Melissa S. Sander

Time to sputum smear and culture conversions in multidrug resistant tuberculosis at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Agumas Shibabaw, Baye Gelaw, Shu-Hua Wang, Belay Tessema

Management of tuberculosis by healthcare practitioners in Pakistan: A systematic review

Christy A. Braham, Peter J. White, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

Time to sputum culture conversion and its determinants among Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis patients at public hospitals of the Amhara Regional State: A multicenter retrospective follow up study

Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Kindie Fentahun Muchie, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye

Factors which contributed for low quality sputum smears for the detection of acid fast bacilli (AFB) at selected health centers in Ethiopia: A quality control perspective

Ayehu Mekonen, Yeshi Ayele, [ ... ], Solomon Sisay

A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in investigating risk factors for lost to follow-up for tuberculosis treatment in Japan – Are physicians and nurses at a particular risk?

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado, Seiya Kato

Comparison of the validity of smear and culture conversion as a prognostic marker of treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Kefyalew Addis Alene, Kerri Viney, [ ... ], Archie C. A. Clements

Impact of involvement of non-formal health providers on TB case notification among migrant slum-dwelling populations in Odisha, India

Ambarish Dutta, Sarthak Pattanaik, [ ... ], Robert H. Stevens

Provider reported barriers and solutions to improve testing among tuberculosis patients ‘eligible for drug susceptibility test’: A qualitative study from programmatic setting in India

Hemant Deepak Shewade, Arun M. Kokane, [ ... ], Ajay M. V. Kumar

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