Trends and Progress on Antibiotic‐Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Genes in relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus

NG Mbewana Ntshanka… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and
tuberculosis (TB) are among the infectious diseases that cause high rates of mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors of MDR-TB and impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on escalating of MDR-TB incidence in lower-middle-income countries: A scoping review

I Ichsan, L Redwood-Campbell, NN Mahmud, H Dimiati… - Narra J, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting tuberculosis (TB)
treatment in many ways that might lead to increasing the prevalence of multi-drugs …

Characteristics of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

LN Welekidan, E Skjerve, TA Dejene… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is among the top 10 causes of mortality and the first killer
among infectious diseases worldwide. One of the factors fuelling the TB epidemic is the …

Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sensitivity to rifampicin and isoniazid in South Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia

A Alelign, A Zewude, T Mohammed, S Tolosa… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) has become a persistent health threat in
Ethiopia. In this respect, baseline data are scarce in many parts of high TB burden regions …

Prevalence and detection of drug resistant mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis among drug naïve patients in Nairobi, Kenya

CO Ogari, AK Nyamache, J Nonoh, E Amukoye - BMC infectious diseases, 2019 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient scourge of humanity known for several thousands
of years, is still a significant public health challenge in many countries today even though …

Genotypic drug resistance using whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from North-western Tanzania

BR Kidenya, SE Mshana, DW Fitzgerald, O Ocheretina - Tuberculosis, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a global public health
threat. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is a new technology for tuberculosis (TB) …

Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country

H Hiza, B Doulla, M Sasamalo, J Hella… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Culture contamination with environmental bacteria is a major challenge in
tuberculosis (TB) laboratories in hot and humid climate zones. We studied the effect of …

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Urban and Slum Settings of Nairobi, Kenya

G Kerubo, P Ndungu, YA Shuaib, E Amukoye… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Kenya is a country with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden. However, knowledge on the genetic
diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains and their transmission …

Tuberculosis drug resistance in Southern Mozambique: results of a population-level survey in the district of Manhiça

S Valencia, D Respeito, S Blanco… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Mozambique, one of the world's high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, has
conducted only one national-level drug resistance survey, in 2007–2008. OBJECTIVE: To …

Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tanga, Tanzania: First insight of MIRU-VNTR and microarray-based spoligotyping in a high …

AS Hoza, SG Mfinanga, I Moser, B König - Tuberculosis, 2016 - Elsevier
Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has greatly enhanced the
understanding of the population structure of MTB isolates and epidemiology of tuberculosis …