Mathematical models of drug-resistant tuberculosis lack bacterial heterogeneity: A systematic review

NM Fuller, CF McQuaid, MJ Harker… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) threatens progress in the control of TB. Mathematical
models are increasingly being used to guide public health decisions on managing both …

On the evolutionary ecology of multidrug resistance in bacteria

S Lehtinen, F Blanquart, M Lipsitch, C Fraser… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Resistance against different antibiotics appears on the same bacterial strains more often
than expected by chance, leading to high frequencies of multidrug resistance. There are …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous infectiousness in mathematical models of tuberculosis: A systematic review

YA Melsew, AI Adekunle, AC Cheng, ES McBryde… - Epidemics, 2020 - Elsevier
TB mathematical models employ various assumptions and approaches in dealing with the
heterogeneous infectiousness of persons with active TB. We reviewed existing approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical analysis of a two-strain disease model with amplification

MA Kuddus, ES McBryde, AI Adekunle, LJ White… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate a two-strain disease model with amplification to simulate the prevalence of
drug-susceptible (s) and drug-resistant (m) disease strains. Drug resistance first emerges …

Comparative performance of genomic methods for the detection of pyrazinamide resistance and heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MG Whitfield, DM Engelthaler, C Allender… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pyrazinamide is an important component of both drug-susceptible and drug-resistant
tuberculosis treatment regimens. Although approximately 50% of rifampin-resistant isolates …

Estimating the health and macroeconomic burdens of tuberculosis in India, 2021–2040: A fully integrated modelling study

MR Keogh-Brown, T Sumner, S Sweeney… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) imposes a substantial health and economic burden on many
populations and countries, but lack of funding has significantly contributed to several …

Predicting resistance to fluoroquinolones among patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis using machine learning methods

S You, MH Chitwood, KS Gunasekera, V Crudu… - PLOS digital …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Limited access to drug-susceptibility tests (DSTs) and delays in receiving DST
results are challenges for timely and appropriate treatment of multi-drug resistant …

Bayesian Calibration to Address the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review

C Rosato, PL Green, J Harris, S Maskell, W Hope… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges when disease-causing microorganisms develop
the ability to withstand the effects of antimicrobial therapy. This phenomenon is often fueled …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic model of tuberculosis considering multi-drug resistance and their applications

Y Yu, Y Shi, W Yao - Infectious disease modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases have always been a problem that threatens people's health and
tuberculosis is one of the major. With the development of medical scientific research, drug …

Half of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have concomitant resistance to …

JCS Ngabonziza, AB Diallo, E Tagliani, B Diarra… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Besides inclusion in 1st line regimens against tuberculosis (TB), pyrazinamide
(PZA) is used in 2nd line anti-TB regimens, including in the short regimen for multidrug …