Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

JS Zifodya, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert MTB/RIF) and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), the
newest version, are the only World Health Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests …

Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis

JS Zifodya, JS Kreniske, I Schiller… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests that simultaneously detect tuberculosis and …

A comparative evaluation of the new genexpert MTB/RIF ultra and other rapid diagnostic assays for detecting tuberculosis in pulmonary and extra pulmonary …

J Osei Sekyere, N Maphalala, LA Malinga… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Studies evaluating the new GeneXpert Ultra with other rapid diagnostic assays are limited,
particularly in different geographical settings. The performance of the GeneXpert Ultra, the …

Innovative therapeutic approaches based on nanotechnology for the treatment and management of tuberculosis

P Kia, U Ruman, AR Pratiwi… - International journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB), derived from bacterium named Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has become
one of the worst infectious and contagious illnesses in the world after HIV/AIDS. Long-term …

Accuracy of an amplicon-sequencing nanopore approach to identify variants in tuberculosis drug-resistance-associated genes

C Mariner-Llicer, GA Goig… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
A rapid and accurate diagnostic assay represents an important means to detect
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, identify drug-resistant strains and ensure treatment success …

Diagnostic utility of a line probe assay for multidrug resistant-TB in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

BK Singh, SK Sharma, R Sharma, V Sreenivas… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate the performance of Genotype MTBDRplus VER 2.0 in the diagnosis of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in sputum smear-negative pulmonary TB cases. Methods …

Aptamer-based diagnostic systems for the rapid screening of TB at the point-of-care

DR Martin, NR Sibuyi, P Dube, AO Fadaka, R Cloete… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) is very rapid and the burden it places on health care
systems is felt globally. The effective management and prevention of this disease requires …

Whole-Genome Sequencing to Identify Missed Rifampicin and Isoniazid Resistance Among Tuberculosis Isolates—Chennai, India, 2013–2016

S Tamilzhalagan, S Shanmugam, A Selvaraj… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
India has a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR TB) and many cases go
undetected by current drug susceptibility tests (DSTs). This study was conducted to identify …

Efficacy of line probe assay in detection of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison with GeneXpert and phenotypic methods in Iran and genetic analysis …

H Kazemian, J Kardan-Yamchi, A Bahador… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Successful treatment of tuberculosis depends on early diagnosis and use of
appropriate drug susceptibility testing in a timely manner. In the present study, LPA efficacy …

Comparative performance of line probe assay and GeneXpert in the detection of rifampicin monoresistance in a TB-endemic African Country

BR Mchaki, FX Mgaya, PP Kunambi, B Hang'ombe… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid, accurate and reliable assays are required for timely detection of drug-resistant
tuberculosis and early initiation of second-line TB treatment as well as to minimize …