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2019-12-30 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Use of GeneXpert and the role of an expert panel in improving clinical diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis cases

Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Ivor Langley, Ewan Tomeny, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Bertie Squire, Charles Yu

2019-12-30 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Development of a risk score for prediction of poor treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Kefyalew Addis Alene, Kerri Viney, Darren J. Gray, Emma S. McBryde, Zuhui Xu, Archie C. A. Clements

2020-01-03 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

IL-18/IL-37/IP-10 signalling complex as a potential biomarker for discriminating active and latent TB

Sebastian Wawrocki, Michal Seweryn, Grzegorz Kielnierowski, Wieslawa Rudnicka, Marcin Wlodarczyk, Magdalena Druszczynska

2019-12-10 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Factors predictive of the success of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Ninfa Marlen Chaves Torres, Jecxy Julieth Quijano Rodríguez, Pablo Sebastián Porras Andrade, María Belen Arriaga, Eduardo Martins Netto

2019-12-27 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Adverse events in adults with latent tuberculosis infection receiving daily rifampicin or isoniazid: post-hoc safety analysis of two randomised controlled trials

Jonathon R Campbell, Anete Trajman, Victoria J Cook, James C Johnston, Menonli Adjobimey, Rovina Ruslami, Lisa Eisenbeis, Federica Fregonese, Chantal Valiquette, Andrea Benedetti, Dick Menzies

2020-01-14 // THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES (paywall) // Research Article

Trends and risk factors for death and excess all-cause mortality among notified tuberculosis patients in the UK: an analysis of surveillance data

Debora Pedrazzoli, Katharina Kranzer, H. Lucy Thomas, Maeve K. Lalor

2020-01-14 // EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY // Research Article

X-ray-based virtual slicing of TB-infected lungs

Ana Ortega-Gil, Juan José Vaquero, Mario Gonzalez-Arjona, Joaquín Rullas & Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia

2020-01-14 // SCIENTIFIC REPORTS // Research Article

Realizing the “40 by 2022” Commitment From the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis: What Will It Take to Meet Rapid Diagnostic Testing Needs?

Amy S. Piatek, William A. Wells, Kaiser C. Shen and Charlotte E. Colvin

2020-01-14 // GLOBAL HEALTH: SCIENCE AND PRACTICE // Research Article

The Impact of Funding on Childhood TB Case Detection in Pakistan

Amyn A. Malik, Hamidah Hussain, Jacob Creswell, Sara Siddiqui, Junaid F. Ahmed, Falak Madhani, Ali Habib, Aamir J. Khan and Farhana Amanullah

2020-01-14 // TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE // Research Article

The Role of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children

H. Simon Schaaf, and Ben J. Marais

2020-01-14 // AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE // Research Article

Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children Using Xpert Ultra on Different Respiratory Specimens

Heather J. Zar, Lesley J. Workman, Margaretha Prins, Linda J. Bateman, Slindile P. Mbhele, Cynthia B. Whitman, Claudia M. Denkinger, and Mark P. Nicol

2020-01-14 // AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE // Research Article

Operational research in the context of advancing towards tuberculosis elimination in the Americas

Silva JB, Espinal M

2020-01-14 // REV PANAM SALUD PUBLICA // Research Article

The seroconversion rate of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test in psoriatic patients receiving secukinumab and ixekizumab, the anti-interleukin-17A monoclonal antibodies

Chen-Yu Wu, Hsien-Yi Chiu, Tsen-Fang Tsai

2020-01-14 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization

Patricia A. Darrah, Joseph J. Zeppa, Pauline Maiello, Joshua A. Hackney, Marc H. Wadsworth II, Travis K. Hughes, Supriya Pokkali, Phillip A. Swanson II, Nicole L. Grant, Mark A. Rodgers, Megha Kamath, Chelsea M. Causgrove, Dominick J. Laddy, Aurelio Bonavia, Danilo Casimiro, Philana Ling Lin, Edwin Klein, Alexander G. White, Charles A. Scanga, Alex K. Shalek, Mario Roederer, JoAnne L. Flynn & Robert A. Seder

2020-01-14 // NATURE // Research Article

IL-22 produced by type 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) reduces the mortality of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Deepak Tripathi, Rajesh Kumar Radhakrishnan, Ramya Sivangala Thandi, Padmaja Paidipally, Kamakshi Prudhula Devalraju, Venkata Sanjeev Kumar Neela, Madeline Kay McAllister, Buka Samten, Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri, Ramakrishna Vankayalapati

2020-01-14 // PLOS PATHOGENS // Research Article

Bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in an Ethiopian prison: Prevalence from screening of entrant and resident prisoners

Eliyas Tsegaye Sahle, Jill Blumenthal, Sonia Jain, Shelly Sun, Jason Young, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Habtamu Woldeamanuel, Lemma Teferra, Beniam Feleke, Olivier Vandenberg, Zilma Rey, Melissa Briggs-Hagen, Richard Haubrich, Wondwossen Amogne, John Allen McCutchan

2019-12-12 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

The risk of active tuberculosis among individuals living in tuberculosis-affected households in the Republic of Korea, 2015

Jiyeon Yang, Sodam Lee, Suhyeon Oh, Sunmi Han, Shin Young Park, Youngman Kim, Jieun Kim, Mi-sun Park

2020-01-14 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Risk factors for tuberculous empyema in pleural tuberculosis patients

Peng Wen, Min Wei, Chao Han, Yu He & Mao-Shui Wang

2020-01-14 // SCIENTIFIC REPORTS // Research Article

Factors associated with mortality in persons co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in Suriname: a retrospective cohort study

Stijnberg D, Commiesie E, Marín D, Schrooten W, Perez F, Sanchez M

2020-01-14 // REV PANAM PUBLIC HEALTH // Research Article

Impact of the change in the antitubercular regimen from three to four drugs on cure and frequency of adverse reactions in tuberculosis patients from Brazil: A retrospective cohort study

María B. Arriaga, Ninfa M. C. Torres, Nelia C. N. Araujo, Simone C. C. Caldas, Bruno B. Andrade, Eduardo M. Netto

2020-01-14 // PLOS ONE // Research Article

Explaining the successes and failures of tuberculosis treatment programs; a tale of two regions in rural eastern Uganda

Jonathan Izudi, Imelda. K. Tamwesigire & Francis Bajunirwe

2020-01-14 // BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH // Research Article

Comprehensive analysis of protein acetyltransferases of human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Longxiang Xie ; Wenmin Yang ; Xiangyu Fan ; Jianping Xie

2020-01-14 // BIOSCIENCE REPORTS // Research Article

Intermittent treatment interruption and its effect on multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Ethiopia

Habteyes H. Tola, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni, Mohammad A. Mansournia, Mehdi Yaseri, Ephrem Tesfaye, Zemedu Mahamed & Million Molla Sisay

2020-01-14 // SCIENTIFIC REPORTS // Research Article

Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF system performances in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Youness Mechal, Elmostafa Benaissa, Nadia El mrimar, Yassine Benlahlou, Fatna Bssaibis, Adil Zegmout, Mariama Chadli, Yashpal S. Malik, Nadia Touil, Ahmed Abid, Adil Maleb & Mostafa Elouennass

2020-01-14 // BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES // Research Article

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