Latest TB research publications

• Antibiotic treatment for Tuberculosis induces a profound dysbiosis of the microbiome that persists long after therapy is completed

2017-09-07  //  Scientific Reports  //  

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• Disseminated tuberculosis among hospitalised HIV patients in South Africa: a common condition that can be rapidly diagnosed using urine-based assays

2017-09-07  //  Scientific Reports  // 

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• Caretakers' perspectives of paediatric TB and implications for care-seeking behaviours in Southern Mozambique

2017-09-14  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis

2017-09-14  //  The New England Journal of Medicine  //

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• Application of a whole blood mycobacterial growth inhibition assay to study immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis burden population

2017-09-08  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Scaling-up the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in India: An economic analysis

2017-09-07  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• The effect of engaging unpaid informal providers on case detection and treatment initiation rates for TB and HIV in rural Malawi (Triage Plus): A cluster randomised health system intervention trial

2017-09-06  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Treatment outcomes for isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis under program conditions in British Columbia, Canada

2017-09-04  //  BMC Infectious Diseases  // 

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• Characterization of a novel panel of plasma microRNAs that discriminates between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and healthy individuals

2017-09-14  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Stakeholder perspectives for optimization of tuberculosis contact investigation in a high-burden setting

2017-09-08  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Heightened circulating levels of antimicrobial peptides in tuberculosis—Diabetes co-morbidity and reversal upon treatment

2017-09-14  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Burden among the New Tuberculosis Patients in Zhejiang Province: An Observational Study, 2009–2013

2017-08-22  //  Chinese Medical Journal  // 

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• Genotypic characterization directly applied to sputum improves the detection of Mycobacterium africanum West African 1, under-represented in positive cultures

2017-09-01  //  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  //

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• Serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold testing in patients with psoriasis treated with ustekinumab

2017-09-08  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Molecular clustering of patients with diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017-09-13  //  PLOS ONE  // 

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• Drug resistance in malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in South East Asia: biology, programme, and policy considerations

2017-09-05  //  BMJ  //