Background Simple, rapid, and affordable tests are needed to detect drug resistance in
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate …

Background One of the challenges facing the tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in
resource-limited settings is lack of rapid techniques for detection of drug resistant TB …

Given the increases in drug-resistant tuberculosis, laboratory capacities for drug
susceptibility testing are being scaled up worldwide. A laboratory must decide among …

Background. There is an urgent need for low-cost methods for rapid, accurate detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens. The microscopic-observation drug …

Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a threat to global public health,
owing to the complexity and delay of diagnosis and treatment. The Global Consortium for …

Executive summary Commercial liquid culture systems and molecular line-probe assays
have been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as gold standards for rapid …

Background New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of
tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis …

Background The aim of this study was to compare the performance of several recently
developed assays for the detection of multi-and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis …

Rationale: Mortality is exceedingly high and rapid among patients infected with HIV and
tuberculosis (TB), in part because of limited access to appropriate TB diagnostics. The …

Early detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is of primary
importance for both patient management and infection control. Optimal methods for …