Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues

CJ Meehan, GA Goig, TA Kohl, L Verboven… - NATURE reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has rapidly progressed
from a research tool to a clinical application for the diagnosis and management of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis; a literature review

TNA Nguyen, V Anton-Le Berre, AL Bañuls… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health problem that hinders the progress of
tuberculosis eradication programs. Accurate and early detection of drug-resistant …

A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

P Miotto, B Tessema, E Tagliani… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A clear understanding of the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium
tuberculosis is required to accelerate the development of rapid drug susceptibility testing …

Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Coll, J Phelan, GA Hill-Cawthorne, MB Nair… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To characterize the genetic determinants of resistance to antituberculosis drugs, we
performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 6,465 Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating informatics tools and portable sequencing technology for rapid detection of resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs

JE Phelan, DM O'sullivan, D Machado, J Ramos… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is a major
threat to global public health. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is rapidly gaining traction …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic sequencing for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis in highly endemic countries: a multi-country population-based surveillance study

M Zignol, AM Cabibbe, AS Dean, P Glaziou… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background In many countries, regular monitoring of the emergence of resistance to anti-
tuberculosis drugs is hampered by the limitations of phenotypic testing for drug …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological cut-off values for a 96-well broth microdilution plate for high-throughput research antibiotic susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis

CRyPTIC Consortium - European Respiratory Journal, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis is rooted in a binary susceptible/resistant
paradigm. While there are considerable advantages in measuring the minimum inhibitory …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance prediction and lineage classification from genome sequencing: comparison of automated analysis tools

V Schleusener, CU Köser, P Beckert, S Niemann… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has the potential to accelerate drug-susceptibility testing
(DST) to design appropriate regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Several recently …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence and cardiovascular genetics

C Krittanawong, KW Johnson, E Choi, S Kaplin… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polygenic diseases, which are genetic disorders caused by the combined action of multiple
genes, pose unique and significant challenges for the diagnosis and management of …

Advances in the molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis: from probes to genomes

D Machado, I Couto, M Viveiros - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2019 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis, disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is currently the leading cause
of death by a single infectious agent worldwide. Early, rapid and accurate identification of M …