Publicaties
Challenges to effective control of tuberculosis and drug resistance in African countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Asiociación entre infección por el virus linfotrópico humano de células T tipo I (HTLV-1) y mortalidad en pacientes hospitalizados con tuberculosis Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Morbi-mortalidad de pacientes con tuberculosis hospitalizados en el Departamento de enfermedades infecciosas, tropicales y dermatológicas del Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima - Perú entre los anos 1990 y 2000 Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in sputum and biopsy specimens from tuberculosis patients by PCR and line probe assay Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and tuberculosis epidemiology Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Situation of bovine tuberculosis in Ecuador Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Genotypic characterization directly applied to sputum improves the detection of Mycobacterium africanum West African 1, under-represented in positive cultures Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
Background
This study aimed to compare the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBc) lineages between direct genotyping (on sputum) and indirect genotyping (on culture), to characterize potential culture bias against difficult growers.
Methodology/Principal findings
Smear-positive sputa from consecutive new tuberculosis patients diagnosed in Cotonou, (Benin) were included, before patients had started ...
Performance of microscopic observation drug susceptibility for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and detection of drug resistance in Bamako, Mali Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objectives: In Mali early detection and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB) are still challenging due to the cost, time and/or complexity associated with regular tests. Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility MODS) is a low-cost assay validated by WHO in 2010. It is a liquid-culture-based assay to detect the 'cording' characteristic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and to assess susceptibility to both isoniazid and ...