Advances in molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis

E MacLean, M Kohli, SF Weber, A Suresh… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular tests for tuberculosis (TB) have the potential to help reach the three million people
with TB who are undiagnosed or not reported each year and to improve the quality of care …

Next generation sequencing and bioinformatics analysis of family genetic inheritance

AM Kanzi, JE San, B Chimukangara, E Wilkinson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mendelian and complex genetic trait diseases continue to burden and affect society both
socially and economically. The lack of effective tests has hampered diagnosis thus, the …

Application of next generation sequencing for diagnosis and clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: updates on recent developments in the field

N Dookie, A Khan, N Padayatchi, K Naidoo - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization's End TB Strategy prioritizes universal access to an early
diagnosis and comprehensive drug susceptibility testing (DST) for all individuals with …

Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a 2023 TBnet/RESIST-TB consensus statement

J Domínguez, MJ Boeree, E Cambau… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a substantial health-care concern worldwide. Despite culture-
based methods being considered the gold standard for drug susceptibility testing, molecular …

Application of targeted next-generation sequencing assay on a portable sequencing platform for culture-free detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis from clinical …

AM Cabibbe, A Spitaleri, S Battaglia… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) has emerged as a comprehensive alternative
to existing methods for drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a clinical and genomics update

AC Pelegrin, M Palmieri, C Mirande… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global medical priority that needs urgent
resolution. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile, adaptable bacterial species with …

Deep amplicon sequencing for culture-free prediction of susceptibility or resistance to 13 anti-tuberculous drugs

A Jouet, C Gaudin, N Badalato… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Conventional molecular tests for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)
drug resistance on clinical samples cover a limited set of mutations. Whole-genome …

Rapid Genomic Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Amplicon-Based Sequencing Through Comparison of MinION and Illumina iSeq100TM System

V Hourdel, A Kwasiborski, C Balière… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Global human health is increasingly challenged by emerging viral threats, especially those
observed over the last 20 years with coronavirus-related human diseases, such as the …

A case for investment in clinical metagenomics in low-income and middle-income countries

G Marais, D Hardie, A Brink - The Lancet Microbe, 2023 - thelancet.com
Clinical metagenomics is the diagnostic approach with the broadest capacity to detect both
known and novel pathogens. Clinical metagenomics is costly to run and requires …

Current and future treatments for tuberculosis

A Lee, YL Xie, CE Barry, RY Chen - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Guidelines on the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have essentially remained the same for the
past 35 years, but are now starting to change. Ongoing clinical trials will hopefully transform …