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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021 More sensitive, rapid, and affordable diagnostic tools for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are urgently needed. This study aimed to assess the performance of EasyNAT MTC (abbreviation: EasyNAT) (Ustar Biotechnologies, China), a novel isothermal ...
Zhuman Zhang +10 more
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Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2007 Tuberculosis (TB) kills about 2 million adults and around 100 000 children every year. One-third of the worlds population are currently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and many have active disease. In Europe TB emerged as a major disease in the latter part of the 14th century.
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GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in the diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis from urine specimens
Scientific Reports, 2017 Conventional bacteriological methods are not generally helpful in diagnosing urinary tuberculosis (UTB). GeneXpert is endorsed for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis, whereas the data on its utility for urine specimens is limited.
Yu Pang +8 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionThe objective of the study was to identify the causes of smear-positive-culture-negative (S+/C–) outcomes of patients with tuberculosis during the treatment course.MethodsA laboratory-based retrospective study was performed at the Beijing ...
Jingjing Luo +9 more
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Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2011 What is the best approach to the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB)?Evidence-based treatment of drug-susceptible TB is the best means of preventing the development of drug-resistant disease. Suspecting the possibility of drug-resistant TB, and prompt detection of all forms of drug-resistant TB, not only multidrug-resistant and extensively ...
Pinto,Lancelot, Menzies,Dick
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Objectives: Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampin (MTB/RIF) Ultra (Xpert-Ultra) has shown better sensitivity in comparison with Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), whereas the head-to-head comparison of these methods in TB ...
Xia Yu +6 more
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Drug resistance in tuberculosis [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2005 A drug-resistant strain ofMycobacterium tuberculosisis defined as one differing from the tight distribution of wild strains that have not come into contact with the drug concerned.Sensitivity tests are performed by the absolute concentration method, the resistance ratio method or the proportion method. The hypothesis underlying the proportion method is
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objectives: To compare the prevalence of levofloxacin (LFX) resistance and the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) with different mutations conferring LFX resistance between 2005 and 2015.
Fengmin Huo +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background The most prevalent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) in Beijing belong to the Beijing genotype family. The influence of Beijing genotype prevalence on the development of drug resistance, and the association of infection with Beijing
Yi Liu +6 more
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Light-activated nanomaterials for tumor immunotherapy
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Tumor immunotherapy mainly relies on activating the immune system to achieve antitumor treatment. However, the present tumor immunotherapy used in the clinic showed low treatment efficacy with high systematic toxicity.
Fang Wang +11 more
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