[HTML][HTML] Use of digital technology to enhance tuberculosis control: scoping review

Y Lee, MC Raviglione, A Flahault - Journal of medical Internet research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent,
with around 1.5 million deaths reported in 2018, and is a major contributor to suffering …

A rapid drug resistance genotyping workflow for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, using targeted isothermal amplification and nanopore sequencing

HD Gliddon, D Frampton, V Munsamy… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) for tuberculosis (TB) requires weeks to yield
results. Although molecular tests rapidly detect drug resistance-associated mutations …

Management and control of tuberculosis control in socially complex groups: a research programme including three RCTs

A Story, E Garber, RW Aldridge… - … Grants for Applied …, 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Background: Socially complex groups, including people experiencing homelessness,
prisoners and drug users, have very high levels of tuberculosis, often complicated by late …

Use of targeted mobile X-ray screening and computer-aided detection software to identify tuberculosis among high-risk groups in Romania: descriptive results of the E …

B Mahler, G De Vries, R Van Hest, D Gainaru… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To implement and assess the mobile X-ray unit (MXU) equipped with digital
radiography, computer-aided detection (CAD) software and molecular point of care tests to …

Improving tuberculosis management in prisons: Impact of a rapid molecular point-of-care test

M Evrevin, L Hermet, C Guillet-Caruba, PL Nivose… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in prison, we evaluate the value of the
XpertⓇ MTB/RIF Ultra assay (Xpert) as point-of-care (POC) in a French prison hospital …