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Predictive performance of interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test for incident tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Hamada Y, Gupta RS, Quartagno M, Izzard A, Acuna-Villaorduna C,  et al.
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages

Stucki D, Brites D, Jeljeli L, Coscolla M, Liu Q,  et al.
2016-10-31 • Nature Genetics
2016-10-31 • Nature Genetics
Generalist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collectio...
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MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network

Migliori GB, Tiberi S, Zumla A, Petersen E, Chakaya JM,  et al.
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The continuous flow of new research articles on MDR-TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation requires frequent update of existing guidelines. This review is aimed at provid...
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Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

Merker M, Blin C, Mona S, Duforet-Frebourg N, Lecher S,  et al.
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia. Here w...
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Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

Lonnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, DAmbrosio L, de Vries G,  et al.
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework set...
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embCAB Sequence Variation Among Ethambutol-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates Without embB306 Mutation

Plinke C, Cox HS, Zarkua N, Karimovich HA, Braker K,  et al.
2010-07-01 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2010-07-01 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Mechanisms of resistance to ethambutol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis remain inadequately described. Although there is mounting evidence that mutations of codon 306 in embB play a key rol...