A look inside: oral sampling for detection of non-oral infectious diseases

ED Valinetz, GA Cangelosi - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Efforts to control transmissible infectious diseases rely on the ability to screen large
populations, ideally in community settings. These efforts can be limited by the requirement …

High-sensitivity detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tongue swab samples

AM Olson, RC Wood, KM Weigel, AJ Yan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Tongue swab (TS) sampling combined with quantitative PCR (qPCR) to detect
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA is a promising alternative to sputum testing for …

[HTML][HTML] Tongue swab testing on two automated tuberculosis diagnostic platforms, Cepheid Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra and Molbio Truenat® MTB Ultima

RC Wood, AK Luabeya, RB Dragovich, AM Olson… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tongue dorsum swabbing is a potential alternative to sputum collection for tuberculosis (TB)
testing. Previous studies showed that Cepheid Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) can detect …

[图书][B] Tongue dorsum swab processing for the detection of tuberculosis with Cepheid Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra

GR Whitman - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Tongue swabs have shown promise as alternatives to sputum for detecting Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Some of the most promising …