Latent tuberculosis: interaction of virulence factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Sundararajan, R Muniyan - Molecular Biology Reports, 2021 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a prominent health concern worldwide. Besides extensive
research and vaccinations available, attempts to control the pandemic are cumbersome due …

Systematic review of mutations associated with isoniazid resistance points to continuing evolution and subsequent evasion of molecular detection, and potential for …

SJ Valafar - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular testing is rapidly becoming an integral component of global tuberculosis (TB)
control. Uncommon mechanisms of resistance escape detection by these platforms and …

Advances in TB testing

JV Pagaduan, G Altawallbeh - Advances in Clinical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent
until the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2020, an estimated 10 million people fell ill …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of Multi-Drug Targets against Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis XDR1219 Using the Hyperbolic Mapping of the Protein Interaction …

NA Zahra, AC Vagiona, R Uddin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death from a single pathogen. On the other hand,
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) makes it increasingly difficult to deal with this disease. We …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the application of a gene chip method for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in clinical specimens: a retrospective study

G Feng, W Han, J Shi, R Xia, J Xu - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Most Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) resistant to rifampicin (RIF) has mutations in
the rpoB gene, while most Mtb resistant to isoniazid (INH) has mutations in the katG gene or …

[HTML][HTML] The Detection of Mutations and Genotyping of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Patients in the Rural Eastern Cape Province

LM Faye, MC Hosu, S Oostvogels, A Dippenaar… - Infectious disease …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is still a major public health concern in South Africa.
Mutations in M. tuberculosis can cause varying levels of phenotypic resistance to anti-TB …

[HTML][HTML] Using cryo-EM to understand antimycobacterial resistance in the catalase-peroxidase (KatG) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Munir, MT Wilson, SW Hardwick, DY Chirgadze… - Structure, 2021 - cell.com
Resolution advances in cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) now offer the possibility to
visualize structural effects of naturally occurring resistance mutations in proteins and also of …

[HTML][HTML] The pathogenic mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: implication for new drug development

W Yan, Y Zheng, C Dou, G Zhang, T Arnaout… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is a tenacious
pathogen that has latently infected one third of the world's population. However …

Prevalence and Molecular Characteristics Based on Whole Genome Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistant to Four Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs from …

A Anwaierjiang, Q Wang, H Liu, C Yin… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major public health problem, especially in the
southern region of Xinjiang, China; however, there is little information regarding drug …

Acetylation of isoniazid is a novel mechanism of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

KB Arun, A Madhavan, B Abraham… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Isoniazid (INH), one of the first-line drugs used for the treatment of tuberculosis, is a prodrug
which is activated by the intracellular KatG enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The …