Thin-Layer-Agar-Based Direct Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing on Sputum in Eswatini Rapidly Detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth and Rifampicin Resistance Otherwise Missed by WHO-Endorsed Diagnostic Tests.
Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy
Ardizzoni, E E; Ariza, E E; Mulengwa, D D; Mpala, Q Q; de La Tour, R R; Maphalala, G G; Varaine, F F; Kerschberger, B B; Graulus, P P; Page, A L AL; Niemann, S S; Dreyer, V V; Van Deun, A A; Decroo, T T; Rigouts, L L; de Jong, B C BC
Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil.
Scientific Reports
Verza, Mirela M; Scheffer, Mara Cristina MC; Salvato, Richard Steiner RS; Schorner, Marcos André MA; Barazzetti, Fernando Hartmann FH; Machado, Hanalydia de Melo HM; Medeiros, Taiane Freitas TF; Rovaris, Darcita Buerger DB; Portugal, Isabel I; Viveiros, Miguel M; Perdigão, João J; Kritski, Afrânio A; Bazzo, Maria Luiza ML
Emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing lineage in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau: a snapshot of moving clones by whole-genome sequencing.
Emerging Microbes & Infections
Perdigão, João J; Silva, Carla C; Maltez, Fernando F; Machado, Diana D; Miranda, Anabela A; Couto, Isabel I; Rabna, Paulo P; Florez de Sessions, Paola P; Phelan, Jody J; Pain, Arnab A; McNerney, Ruth R; Hibberd, Martin L ML; Mokrousov, Igor I; Clark, Taane G TG; Viveiros, Miguel M; Portugal, Isabel I
Whole genome sequencing of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a high burden tuberculosis region of North West Pakistan.
Scientific Reports
Jabbar, Abdul A; Phelan, Jody E JE; de Sessions, Paola Florez PF; Khan, Taj Ali TA; Rahman, Hazir H; Khan, Sadiq Noor SN; Cantillon, Daire M DM; Wildner, Leticia Muraro LM; Ali, Sajid S; Campino, Susana S; Waddell, Simon J SJ; Clark, Taane G TG
Transition bias influences the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Plos Biology
Payne, Joshua L JL; Menardo, Fabrizio F; Trauner, Andrej A; Borrell, Sonia S; Gygli, Sebastian M SM; Loiseau, Chloe C; Gagneux, Sebastien S; Hall, Alex R AR
Whole genome sequencing identifies bacterial factors affecting transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-prevalence setting.
Scientific Reports
Dixit, Avika A; Freschi, Luca L; Vargas, Roger R; Calderon, Roger R; Sacchettini, James J; Drobniewski, Francis F; Galea, Jerome T JT; Contreras, Carmen C; Yataco, Rosa R; Zhang, Zibiao Z; Lecca, Leonid L; Kolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis SO; Mathema, Barun B; Farhat, Maha R MR
Mycobacterium tuberculosis carrying a rifampicin drug resistance mutation reprograms macrophage metabolism through cell wall lipid changes.
Nature Microbiology
Howard, Nicole C NC; Marin, Nancy D ND; Ahmed, Mushtaq M; Rosa, Bruce A BA; Martin, John J; Bambouskova, Monika M; Sergushichev, Alexey A; Loginicheva, Ekaterina E; Kurepina, Natalia N; Rangel-Moreno, Javier J; Chen, Liang L; Kreiswirth, Barry N BN; Klein, Robyn S RS; Balada-Llasat, Joan-Miquel JM; Torrelles, Jordi B JB; Amarasinghe, Gaya K GK; Mitreva, Makedonka M; Artyomov, Maxim N MN; Hsu, Fong-Fu FF; Mathema, Barun B; Khader, Shabaana A SA
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Two Latin American-Mediterranean Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from Medellín, Colombia.
Genome Announcements
Alvarez, N N; Haft, D D; Hurtado, U A UA; Robledo, J J; Rouzaud, F F
Evolution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis over Four Decades: Whole Genome Sequencing and Dating Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from KwaZulu-Natal.
Plos Medicine
Cohen, Keira A KA; Abeel, Thomas T; Manson McGuire, Abigail A; Desjardins, Christopher A CA; Munsamy, Vanisha V; Shea, Terrance P TP; Walker, Bruce J BJ; Bantubani, Nonkqubela N; Almeida, Deepak V DV; Alvarado, Lucia L; Chapman, Sinéad B SB; Mvelase, Nomonde R NR; Duffy, Eamon Y EY; Fitzgerald, Michael G MG; Govender, Pamla P; Gujja, Sharvari S; Hamilton, Susanna S; Howarth, Clinton C; Larimer, Jeffrey D JD; Maharaj, Kashmeel K; Pearson, Matthew D MD; Priest, Margaret E ME; Zeng, Qiandong Q; Padayatchi, Nesri N; Grosset, Jacques J; Young, Sarah K SK; Wortman, Jennifer J; Mlisana, Koleka P KP; O'Donnell, Max R MR; Birren, Bruce W BW; Bishai, William R WR; Pym, Alexander S AS; Earl, Ashlee M AM
Whole genome sequencing reveals complex evolution patterns of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains in patients.
Plos One
Merker, Matthias M; Kohl, Thomas A TA; Roetzer, Andreas A; Truebe, Leona L; Richter, Elvira E; Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine S; Fattorini, Lanfranco L; Oggioni, Marco R MR; Cox, Helen H; Varaine, Francis F; Niemann, Stefan S
High-resolution melting curve analysis for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates.
Journal Of Clinical Microbiology
Choi, Go Eun GE; Lee, Sun Min SM; Yi, Jongyoun J; Hwang, Sang Hyun SH; Kim, Hyung Hoi HH; Lee, Eun Yup EY; Cho, Eun Hae EH; Kim, Jee Hee JH; Kim, Hwa-Jung HJ; Chang, Chulhun L CL