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Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Martin AIC, Fissette K, Varaine FFV, Portaels F, Palomino JC
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
We compared the sensitivity and time to detection of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the thin layer agar (TLA) compared to BACTEC MGIT960. The average time for growth of M. tuber...
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Thin-layer agar for detection of resistance to rifampicin, ofloxacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Martin AIC, Paasch F, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Almeida P,  et al.
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
In low-income countries there is a great need for economical methods for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics.

OBJECTIVE
T...
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Risk factors for buruli ulcer: a case control study in Cameroon

Pouillot R, Matias G, Wondje CM, Portaels F, Valin N,  et al.
2007-12-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2007-12-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease involving the skin, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. This disease is associated with areas where the water is slow-flowing or stagnant....
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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system

Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Palomino JC, Varaine FFV,  et al.
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to second-line drugs...
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment

Sizaire V, Nackers F, Comte E, Portaels F
2006-05-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2006-05-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African com...
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Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis

Matthys F, Rigouts L, Sizaire V, Vezhnina N, Lecoq M,  et al.
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
Standard short course chemotherapy is recommended by the World Health Organization to control tuberculosis worldwide. However, in settings with high drug resistance, first line standard ...
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Implementation of the thin layer agar for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence setting in Homa Bay, Kenya

Martin AIC, Munga Waweru P, Babu Okatch F, Amondi Ouma N, Bonte L,  et al.
2009-06-03 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2009-06-03 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the Thin Layer Agar (TLA), for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study was perf...
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Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya

Martin AIC, Munga Waweru P, Babu Okatch F, Amondi Ouma N, Bonte L,  et al.
2020-12-21 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2020-12-21 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the thin layer agar (TLA) method, for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study w...
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Rapid culture-based methods for drug-resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Palomino JC, Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Portaels F
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
Tuberculosis still represents a major public health problem, especially in low-resource countries where the burden of the disease is more important. Multidrug-resistant and extensively d...