Latest TB research publications

• Integration of molecular typing results into tuberculosis surveillance in Germany—A pilot study

2017-11-22  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Host blood RNA signatures predict the outcome of tuberculosis treatment

December 2017  //  Tuberculosis  //

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• Evaluation of a new automated Abbott RealTime MTB RIF/INH assay for qualitative detection of rifampicin/isoniazid resistance in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary clinical samples of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2017-12-06  //  Dove Medical Press  //

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• Performance of MTBDRplus assay in detecting multidrug resistant tuberculosis at hospital level

2017-12-01  //  BMC Research Notes  //

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• Tuberculosis outbreak investigation using phylodynamic analysis

2017-12-05  //  bioRxiv  //

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• In silico and in vitro screening of FDA-approved drugs for potential repurposing against tuberculosis

2017-12-03  //  bioRxiv  //

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• Collateral sensitivity to β-lactam drugs in drug-resistant tuberculosis is driven by the transcriptional wiring of BlaI operon genes

2017-12-01  //  bioRxiv  //

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• Genome-based transmission modeling separates imported tuberculosis from recent transmission within an immigrant population

2017-11-30  //  bioRxiv  //

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• SNPTB: nucleotide variant identification and annotation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes

2017-11-30  //  bioRxiv  //

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• Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis derived DNA in circulating cell free DNA from a patient with disseminated infection with digital PCR

2017-11-14  //  International Journal of Infectious Diseases  //

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• Childhood tuberculosis is associated with decreased abundance of T cell gene transcripts and impaired T cell function

2017-11-15  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Use of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold in-tube culture supernatants for measurement of antibody responses

2017-11-21  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Lessons learned from continued TB outbreaks in a high school

2017-11-16  //  PLOS ONE  //

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• Estimating the impact of tuberculosis anatomical classification on treatment outcomes: A patient and surveillance perspective analysis

2017-11-22  //  PLOS ONE  //