[HTML][HTML] The Role of GeneXpert® for Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Brazil: An Examination from a Historical and Epidemiological Perspective

TNS Iúdice, ML da Conceição, AC de Brito… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid molecular test (RMT) performed on the GeneXpert® system is widely used as a
control strategy and surveillance technique for tuberculosis (TB). In the region of the …

MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl for simultaneous diagnosis of gastrointestinal tuberculosis and detection of first‐line and second‐line drug resistance

K Sharma, M Sharma, V Sharma… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim Emergence of drug resistance, especially to second‐line
drugs, hampers tuberculosis elimination efforts. The present study aimed to evaluate …

Estimating the effect of a rifampicin resistant tuberculosis diagnosis by the Xpert MTB/RIF assay on two-year mortality

E De Vos, D Westreich, L Scott… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Studies assessing patient-centred outcomes of novel rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (RR-
TB) diagnostics are rare and mostly apply conventional methods which may not adequately …

The performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and MTBDRplus within a Programmatic setting at TB Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TSS Malaquias, EP Ribeiro, TCP Dutra… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Background: Few studies in routine settings have confirmed the high accuracy of the Xpert
MTB/RIF assay for detecting rifampicin resistance (RR) and the first-line probe assay (FL …