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 …

Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Common Antibiotics: An Overview of Current Methods and Techniques

XS Xiong, XD Zhang, JW Yan, TT Huang… - Infection and Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an essential cause of tuberculosis treatment
failure and death of tuberculosis patients. The rapid and reliable profiling of Mycobacterium …

Modified gold nanoparticle colorimetric probe-based biosensor for direct and rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens

S Kooti, S Kadivarian, R Abiri, P Mohajeri… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is increasing due to lack of appropriate
diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Therefore, early and accurate detection of this bacteria …

Phenotypic and genotypic drug sensitivity profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and associated factors in northeastern Ethiopia

F Gashaw, B Erko, Y Mekonnen, B Yenew… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis is a devastating and a deadly disease despite the novel advances
in its diagnostic tools and drug therapy. Drug resistant Mycobacterium contributes a great …

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay, MTB culture and line probe assay for the detection of MDR tuberculosis in AFB smear negative specimens

C Lama, S Adhikari, S Sapkota, RS Regmi, GR Ghimire… - Diseases, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global burden of tuberculosis (TB), particularly with multidrug resistance (MDR), is
escalating and has become a major health challenge. It is well known that acid-fast bacilli …

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 …

Can resistance to either isoniazid or rifampicin predict multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

BR Mchaki, FX Mgaya, PP Kunambi… - Bulletin of the National …, 2023 - Springer
Background Previous studies have shown significant differences and lack clarity on whether
resistance to either isoniazid or rifampicin can predict multidrug resistance tuberculosis …

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 …

Clinical features, treatment outcomes and mortality risk of tuberculosis sepsis in HIV-negative patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case reports

BR Adegbite, NOM Elegbede-Adegbite, JR Edoa… - Infection, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Tuberculosis sepsis (TBS) is sepsis due to the Mycobacterium species causing
tuberculosis (TB). It seems to be rare in HIV-negative patients and mainly individual case …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in northwestern Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study among …

B Wubu, M Jemal, Y Million, M Gizachew - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February to August
2021 among 314 PTB presumptive patients. Xpert MTB/RIF and line probe assays (LPA) …