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Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Region with High Drug Resistance: Outcomes, Drug Resistance Amplification and Re-Infection

Maryline Bonnet, Manuela Pardini, Francesca Meacci, Germano Orrù, Hasan Yesilkaya, Thierry Jarosz, Peter W. Andrew, Mike Barer, Francesco Checchi, Heinz Rinder, Graziella Orefici, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Lanfranco Fattorini, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Juliet Melzer, Stefan Niemann, Francis Varaine

published 23 Aug 2011

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Diagnostic Options for Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)

Julie R. Harris, Barbara J. Marston, Nalinee Sangrujee, Desiree DuPlessis, Benjamin Park

published 15 Aug 2011

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Culture Enriched Molecular Profiling of the Cystic Fibrosis Airway Microbiome

Christopher D. Sibley, Margot E. Grinwis, Tyler R. Field, Christina S. Eshaghurshan, Monica M. Faria, Scot E. Dowd, Michael D. Parkins, Harvey R. Rabin, Michael G. Surette

published 28 Jul 2011

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Tuberculosis Contact Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in a South Indian District: Operational Issues for Programmatic Consideration

Madhavi Pothukuchi, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Santosha Kelamane, Srinath Satyanarayana, Shashidhar, Sai Babu, Puneet Dewan, Fraser Wares

published 22 Jul 2011

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Comparison of LED and Conventional Fluorescence Microscopy for Detection of Acid Fast Bacilli in a Low-Incidence Setting

Jessica Minion, Madhukar Pai, Andrew Ramsay, Dick Menzies, Christina Greenaway

published 21 Jul 2011

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Source of Previous Treatment for Re-Treatment TB Cases Registered under the National TB Control Programme, India, 2010

Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet Kumar Dewan, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Raveendra Reddy, Debasish Kundu, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Ajay Kumar Madhugiri Venkatachalaiah, Malik Parmar, Lakhbir Singh Chauhan

published 21 Jul 2011

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Genotypic Diversity and Drug Susceptibility Patterns among M. tuberculosis Complex Isolates from South-Western Ghana

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Thomas Bodmer, David Stucki, Kwadwo Koram, Frank Bonsu, Gerd Pluschke, Sebastien Gagneux

published 11 Jul 2011

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Rapid and Accurate Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay—A Clinical Validation Study

Andrea Rachow, Alimuddin Zumla, Norbert Heinrich, Gabriel Rojas-Ponce, Bariki Mtafya, Klaus Reither, Elias N. Ntinginya, Justin O'Grady, Jim Huggett, Keertan Dheda, Catharina Boehme, Mark Perkins, Elmar Saathoff, Michael Hoelscher

published 29 Jun 2011

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Factors Associated with Negative Direct Sputum Examination in Asian and African HIV-Infected Patients with Tuberculosis (ANRS 1260)

Loïc Chartier, Chanthy Leng, Jean-Marie Sire, Odile Le Minor, Manil Saman, Raymond Bercion, Lila Rahalison, Arnaud Fontanet, Yves Germany, Pierre L'Her, Charles Mayaud, Muriel Vray

published 23 Jun 2011

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Comparison of the Efficacies of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, Fluorescence Smear Microscopy and Culture for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Geojith George, Prem Mony, John Kenneth

published 17 Jun 2011

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Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae Displays a Prevalent Surface Structure Molecular Pattern in Clinical Isolates

Pau Martí-Lliteras, Antonio López-Gómez, Silvia Mauro, Derek W. Hood, Cristina Viadas, Laura Calatayud, Pau Morey, Alain Servin, Josefina Liñares, Antonio Oliver, José Antonio Bengoechea, Junkal Garmendia

published 16 Jun 2011

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Evaluation of Combined LED-Fluorescence Microscopy and Bleach Sedimentation for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis at Peripheral Health Service Level

Maryline Bonnet, Laramie Gagnidze, Philippe J. Guerin, Laurence Bonte, Andrew Ramsay, Willie Githui, Francis Varaine

published 31 May 2011

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Common Gene Therapy Viral Vectors Do Not Efficiently Penetrate Sputum from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Kaoru Hida, Samuel K. Lai, Jung Soo Suk, Sang Y. Won, Michael P. Boyle, Justin Hanes

published 27 May 2011

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