Assessment of sputum smear-positive but culture-negative results among newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tanzania

NP Mnyambwa, ES Ngadaya, G Kimaro… - … journal of general …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in technology-limited countries is widely achieved
by smear microscopy, which has limited sensitivity and specificity. The frequency and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Public health relevance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among AFB positive sputa

P Desikan, K Tiwari, N Panwalkar, S Khaliq, M Chourey… - Germs, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Sputum smear microscopy for acid fast bacilli (AFB) is used by most public
health programmes to detect tuberculosis. While most AFB in countries endemic for …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of Mycobacterium yongonense RT 955-2015 isolate from a patient misdiagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: First clinical …

NP Mnyambwa, DJ Kim, E Ngadaya, J Chun… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Mycobacterium yongonense is a recently described novel species belonging to
Mycobacterium avium complex, which is the most prevalent aetiology of non-tuberculous …

Drug susceptibility profiles and factors associated with non-tuberculous mycobacteria species circulating among patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in …

TG Maya, EV Komba, GI Mensah, PM Mbelele… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background While most Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are saprophytic, several
species have been associated with human diseases, from localized infection to …

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: Awareness survey of front-desk healthcare workers in Northern Tanzania

T Maya, E Komba, G Mensah… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Over the past decade, there have been increasing reports of non-tuberculous mycobacteria
(NTM) species being implicated in tuberculosis (TB) treatment failure or misdiagnosed as …

The genus Mycobacterium

L Rigouts, S Cogneau - Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Prevalence and distribution of non–Tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among MDR-TB suspected patients in Northern Malawi

GC Mabaso, M Ngwira, PS Kamudumuli, T Mughogho… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Background Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly being recognized as
human pathogens, causing substantial morbidity and mortality in progressive lung disease …

The Concordance Between Xpert Mtb/rif, Microscopy and Culture for Presumed Tuberculosis Patients at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

FO Brenya - 2022 - ir.ucc.edu.gh
Sputum Smear Microscopy (SSM) is time-honoured tuberculosis (TB) detection tool in
resource-constrained settings such as Ghana. However, sensitivity and specificity are low …

[PDF][PDF] Presumption of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Using Microscopy and Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test at the Tertiary Care Hospital of …

MC Rekha, S Jamal, GL Raju - 2022 - jcdronline.org
Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and are well known to
cause lung diseases. Recently, pulmonary NTM infection rates have dramatically increased …

[引用][C] Characterization of mutations in drug resistant tuberculosis and diagnostic challenges in referral health facilities, Tanzania

NP Mnyambwa - 2019 - NM-AIST