Tuberculosis (TB) is a slow growing, potentially debilitating disease that has plagued
humanity for centuries and has claimed numerous lives across the globe. Concerted efforts …

Background Rapid and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is key to manage the
disease and to control and prevent its transmission. Many established diagnostic methods …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. There is a great
need for the development of diagnostic tests, which are reliable, sensitive, stable, and low …

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. It is challenging to find
methods of diagnosis of active pulmonary TB that are sensitive enough to detect cases for …

Rapid laboratory tests are urgently required to inform antimicrobial use in food animals. Our
objective was to synthesize knowledge on the direct application of long-read metagenomic …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. The
burden of TB is alarmingly high in developing countries, where diagnosis latent TB infection …

The support offered by a microbiology department to an antimicrobial stewardship program
depends on the department's infrastructure and functioning. Among the factors that affect the …

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex directly from clinical specimens is
critical for patient care. Mycobacterial culture requires days to weeks for results and …

A new multiplex PCR test was designed to detect Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium
abscessus group, and Mycobacterium fortuitum complex on the BD MAX System. A total of …

Objective: Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a
deadly infectious disease. India contributes to one-third of the global TB burden. However …