Drug resistance mechanisms and drug susceptibility testing for tuberculosis

P Miotto, Y Zhang, DM Cirillo, WC Yam - Respirology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the deadliest infectious
disease and the associated global threat has worsened with the emergence of drug …

Molecular Diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

KV Dicks, JE Stout - Annual Review of Medicine, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Resistance to antimycobacterial drugs is a major barrier to effective treatment of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Molecular diagnostic techniques based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains inhibiting wild type probe hybridization in the MTBDR plus …

P Sinha, GN Srivastava, R Tripathi, MN Mishra… - BMC microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Background The potential of genetic testing for rapid and accurate diagnosis of drug-
resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is vital for efficient treatment and reduction in …

Profile and frequency of mutations conferring drug-resistant tuberculosis in the central, Southeastern and Eastern Ethiopia

M Agonafir, G Belay, A Feleke, N Maningi… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Advances in molecular tools that assess genes harboring drug resistance
mutations have greatly improved the detection and treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis …

Some Synonymous and Nonsynonymous gyrA Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lead to Systematic False-Positive Fluoroquinolone Resistance Results with the Hain …

A Ajileye, N Alvarez, M Merker, TM Walker… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this study, using the Hain GenoType MTBDR sl assays (versions 1 and 2), we found that
some nonsynonymous and synonymous mutations in gyrA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Multiplex detection of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis using binary deoxyribozyme sensors

HN Bengtson, S Homolka, S Niemann, AJ Reis… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Current diagnostic tools for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) have many disadvantages
including low sensitivity, slow turnaround times, or high cost. Accurate, easy to use, and …

Evolution of phenotypic and molecular drug susceptibility testing

DM Cirillo, P Miotto, E Tortoli - … tuberculosis complex: its role in biology …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DRTB) is an emerging problem world-wide. In order
to control the disease and decrease the number of cases overtime a prompt diagnosis …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and profiles of drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes isolated from tuberculosis-suspected attendees of …

MA Reta, NE Maningi, PB Fourie - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Purpose This study examined the patterns and frequency of genetic changes responsible for
resistance to first-line (rifampicin and isoniazid), fluoroquinolones, and second-line …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic accuracy and usefulness of the Genotype MTBDRplus assay in diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Cameroon: A cross-sectional study

NN Abanda, JY Djieugoué, E Lim… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis, especially multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-
TB), is a major public health problem. Effective management of MDR-TB relies on accurate …

Systematic evaluation of line probe assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis

M Lin, YW Chen, YR Li, LJ Long, LY Qi, TT Cui… - Clinica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Line probe assays (LPAs) are PCR-based assays used for the rapid
diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But …