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Detection of tuberculosis drug resistance: a comparison by Mycobacterium tuberculosis MLPA assay versus Genotype®MTBDRplus

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (6), 2017
BACKGROUND To cope with the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), new molecular methods that can routinely be used to screen for a wide range of drug resistance related genetic markers in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome are urgently needed. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance...

A systematic review of East African-Indian family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis East African-Indian (EAI) spoligotyping family (belonging to lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, defined by the region of deletion RD239) is distributed worldwide, but is more prevalent in Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa. Studies in Latin America have ra...

Characterisation of iunH gene knockout strain from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (3), 2017
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused mainly by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The better understanding of important metabolic pathways from M. tuberculosis can contribute to the development of novel therapeutic and prophylactic strategies to combat TB. Nucleoside hydrol...

Tuberculosis associated factors caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the RDRio genotype

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (3), 2017
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a disease that affects many countries around the world, including Brazil. Recently, a subtype of Latin American-Mediterranean family strain was identified and characterised by RDRio. The strain has been associated with different characteristics of the disease...

Performance of a molecular assay to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in clinical specimens: multicenter study in Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (2), 2017
BACKGROUND In high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, there are few data on the performance of new molecular commercialised assays developed locally. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of a new molecular commercialised assay for TB diagnosis (Detect-TB) in three laboratories. METHODS A total of ...

Impacto orçamentário da incorporação do GeneXpert MTB/RIF para o diagnóstico da tuberculose pulmonar na perspectiva do Sistema Único de Saúde, Brasil, 2013-2017

Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi estimar o impacto orçamentário do GeneXpert MTB/RIF para o diagnóstico da tuberculose sob a perspectiva do Programa Nacional de Controle da Tuberculose, valendo-se de um modelo estático apoiado no método epidemiológico entre 2013 e 2017. Comparou-se um teste Xpert M...

Utility of multiplex real-time PCR in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (3), 2016
Abstract Objective The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is still a challenge because of its pauci-bacillary nature. The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of a multiplex PCR assay in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and to compare the efficiency of two targets, IS6110 and MPB6...

Análisis genómico comparativo de cepas peruanas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RESUMEN Objetivos. Analizar comparativamente tres secuencias genómicas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB): INS-SEN,cepa sensible; INS-MDR, cepa multidrogorresistente e INS-XDR, cepa extensamente resistente, procedentes de la Ciudad de Lima, Perú. Materiales y métodos. Se identificaron los polimorf...

Molecular characterization of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tehran, Iran by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates by DNA fingerprinting has contributed to tuberculosis (TB) control. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of MTB isolates from Tehran province in Iran. METHODS MTB isolates from 60 Iranian and ...