Host biomarkers detected in saliva show promise as markers for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis disease and monitoring of the response to tuberculosis …

R Jacobs, E Tshehla, S Malherbe, M Kriel, AG Loxton… - Cytokine, 2016 - Elsevier
Background There is an urgent need for new tools for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis
(TB) disease in resource-constrained settings. Tests based on host immunological …

General and advanced diagnostic tools to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their drug susceptibility: a review

MA Gazi, MR Islam, MG Kibria, Z Mahmud - European Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
The global control of tuberculosis remains a great challenge from the standpoint of
diagnosis, detection of drug resistance, and treatment, because treatment can only be …

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in people with negative conventional Xpert MTB/RIF but chest imaging suggestive of …

S Biswas, MKM Uddin, KK Paul, MF Ather… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The World Health Organization is considering substituting Xpert
MTB/RIF (Xpert) with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but …

Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia

AW Kaso, A Hailu - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Early diagnosis and treatment are one of the key strategies of tuberculosis
control globally, and there are strong efforts in detecting and treating tuberculosis cases in …

Distribution and Frequency of rpoB Mutations Detected by Xpert MTB/RIF Assay Among Beijing and Non-Beijing Rifampicin Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

MKM Uddin, A Rahman, MF Ather… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Rifampicin resistance (RR) is a key indicator of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
(MDR-TB) and 95% of the RR is associated with the mutation in the 81-bp rifampicin …

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in stool samples of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis

SMM Rahman, UT Maliha, S Ahmed, S Kabir… - PLos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay technology allows rapid and sensitive
diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) from sputum specimens. However, diagnosis of …

Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A Comparative Study

A Alemayehu, L Wassie, S Neway, S Ayele… - Pulmonary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Prevalence surveys in Ethiopia indicate smear negative pulmonary
tuberculosis (SNPTB) taking the major share of the overall TB burden. It has also been a …

Two multiplex real-time PCR assays to detect and differentiate Acinetobacter baumannii and non-Baumannii Acinetobacter spp. carrying bla NDM, bla OXA-23-like …

Q Yang, Y Rui - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter spp. resistant to carbapenems are
increasingly reported worldwide. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter (CRA) is becoming a …

[HTML][HTML] Role of PCR method using IS6110 primer in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis among the clinically diagnosed childhood tuberculosis patients at an urban …

S Kabir, MKM Uddin, MJ Chisti, T Fannana… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Better methods are needed for the accurate detection of child tuberculosis (TB).
This study compared different laboratory tests and evaluated IS6110 PCR for the detection …

Diagnostic Yield of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis among the Sputum-Scarce Suspected …

MKM Uddin, MF Ather, S Akter, R Nasrin, T Rahman… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is caused by
the single infectious agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Although sputum is the most …