Early, efficient and inexpensive methods for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis are
urgently needed for effective patient management as well as to interrupt transmission. These …

One obstacle to wider use of rapid liquid culture-based tuberculosis diagnostics such as the
microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay is concern about cross …

This prospective study evaluated the performance of the m icroscopic o bservation d rug s
usceptibility (MODS) assay for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug …

Background Even though the WHO-endorsed, non-commercial MODS assay offers rapid,
reliable TB liquid culture and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) at lower cost than …

Asia has the highest numbers of tuberculosis cases (60% of the global total) and has
experienced a marked rise in HIV seroprevalence (22% of the global total) in key …

In this study, 132 patients with lymphadenopathy were investigated. Fifty-two (39.4%) were
diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) …

Tuberculosis remains one of the major unresolved global health problems, and the situation
is worsening in many parts of the world, primarily because of the association between …

Background Microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay has been suggested
as a low cost method for rapid, accurate detection of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug …

BACKGROUND: In low-income countries there is a great need for economical methods for
testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics. OBJECTIVE: To …

Despite recent advances, tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains imperfect in resource-limited
settings due to its complexity and costs, poor sensitivity of available tests, or long times to …