[PDF][PDF] The within-host evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RAD Castro, S Borrell, S Gagneux - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) has been responsible for the greatest number of human deaths due to an
infectious disease in general, and due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in particular. The …

Genome-wide association studies of global Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to 13 antimicrobials in 10,228 genomes identify new resistance mechanisms

CRyPTIC Consortium - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major global public health concern that
threatens the ability to control the disease. Whole-genome sequencing as a tool to rapidly …

In-host population dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex during active disease

R Vargas, L Freschi, M Marin, LE Epperson, M Smith… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally. Understanding the population
dynamics of TB's causative agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mtbc) in-host is vital …

Globally diverse Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance acquisition: a retrospective geographical and temporal analysis of whole genome sequences

Y Ektefaie, A Dixit, L Freschi, MR Farhat - The Lancet Microbe, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole genome sequencing (WGS) data can
provide insights into temporal and geographical trends in resistance acquisition and inform …

[HTML][HTML] Towards standardisation: comparison of five whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis pipelines for detection of epidemiologically linked tuberculosis cases

R Jajou, TA Kohl, T Walker, A Norman… - …, 2019 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is a reliable tool for studying tuberculosis
(TB) transmission. WGS data are usually processed by custom-built analysis pipelines with …

Genomic variant-identification methods may alter Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission inferences

KS Walter, C Colijn, T Cohen… - Microbial …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Pathogen genomic data are increasingly used to characterize global and local transmission
patterns of important human pathogens and to inform public health interventions. Yet, there …

Transmission, distribution and drug resistance-conferring mutations of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

S Oostvogels, SD Ley, TH Heupink… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), defined as resistance to at least isoniazid
(INH), rifampicin (RIF), a fluoroquinolone (FQ) and a second-line injectable drug (SLID), is …

Prolonged survival of a patient with active MDR-TB HIV co-morbidity: insights from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain with a unique genomic deletion

M Rubinstein, A Makhon, Y Losev, GZ Valenci… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coinfection of HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) presents significant
challenges in terms of the treatment and prognosis of tuberculosis, leading to complexities in …

Exploring the resistome, virulome, and mobilome of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: deciphering the molecular basis of carbapenem resistance

S Rahmat Ullah, S Irum, I Mahnoor, H Ismatullah… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae, a notorious pathogen for causing nosocomial
infections has become a major cause of neonatal septicemia, leading to high morbidity and …

Evaluation of whole-genome sequence to predict drug resistance of nine anti-tuberculosis drugs and characterize resistance genes in clinical rifampicin-resistant …

Y Che, Y Lin, T Yang, T Chen, G Sang… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Setting Controlling drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ningbo, China. Objective Whole-genome
sequencing (WGS) has not been employed to comprehensively study Mycobacterium …