Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and
tuberculosis remains out of control in several parts of the world including Africa and Asia …

Tuberculosis is still one of the most important causes of death worldwide. The 2010 Lancet
tuberculosis series provided a comprehensive overview of global control efforts and …

Factors driving the increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the Eastern Cape
Province, South Africa, are not understood. A convenience sample of 309 drug-susceptible …

Background Long-term treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-
resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are unknown. We followed up a cohort of patients to address …

Molecular typing has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important global problems currently confronting the
world. Different biomedical applications of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have indicated them …

Tuberculosis has affected humankind for thousands of years, but a deeper understanding of
its cause and transmission only arose after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium …

Diagnosis represents only one aspect of tuberculosis (TB) control but is perhaps one of the
most challenging. The drawbacks of current tools highlight several unmet needs in TB …

Background Accurate and rapid tests for tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance are critical for
improving patient care and decreasing the transmission of drug‐resistant TB. Genotype® …

Objectives Treatment outcome of MDR-TB is critically dependent on the proper use of
second-line drugs as per the result of in vitro drug susceptibility testing (DST). We aimed to …