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View article: Diagnostic Accuracy of LiquidArray MTB-XDR VER 1.0 for the Detection of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Complex, Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin, Ethambutol, and Linezolid Susceptibility
Diagnostic Accuracy of LiquidArray MTB-XDR VER 1.0 for the Detection of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Complex, Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin, Ethambutol, and Linezolid Susceptibility Open
Background Drug susceptibility testing (DST) is essential for starting people on effective tuberculosis (TB) regimens. No published data exist for the high-throughput LiquidArray MTB-XDR (LA-XDR) test, which detects Mycobacterium tuberculo…
View article: Diagnostic accuracy of LiquidArray MTB-XDR VER1.0 for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, fluoroquinolone, amikacin, ethambutol, and linezolid susceptibility
Diagnostic accuracy of LiquidArray MTB-XDR VER1.0 for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, fluoroquinolone, amikacin, ethambutol, and linezolid susceptibility Open
Drug susceptibility testing (DST) is essential for effectively starting people on effective tuberculosis (TB) regimens. No accuracy data exists for the new high-throughput LiquidArray MTB-XDR (LA-XDR) test, which detects Mycobacterium tube…
View article: Bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study
Bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study Open
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, South African Medical Research Council, National Research Foundation, Research Foundation Flanders, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine Hea…
View article: Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection: a diagnostic accuracy evaluation
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection: a diagnostic accuracy evaluation Open
View article: Something from nothing: Sensitivity and specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection
Something from nothing: Sensitivity and specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection Open
Background Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, USA) is a widely-used rapid front-line TB and rifampicin susceptibility test. Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube 960 (MGIT960) culture is still used as an adjunct for tuberculosi…
View article: High frequency of bedaquiline resistance in programmatically treated drug-resistant TB patients with sustained culture-positivity in Cape Town, South Africa
High frequency of bedaquiline resistance in programmatically treated drug-resistant TB patients with sustained culture-positivity in Cape Town, South Africa Open
Introduction Bedaquiline (BDQ) is a lifesaving new tuberculosis (TB) drug undergoing global scale-up. Data on resistance emergence in programmatic settings, especially in patients resistant to other drugs with potentially weak background r…