8 results match your criteria: "National Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases[Affiliation]"
Under stress, bacteria display selective growth propensities on solid and liquid media. For Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), differentially culturable bacteria have been found in tuberculosis (TB) patient sputa. We hypothesized that antibiotic treatment can induce selective culturability in Mtb.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA successful UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis.
Lancet Glob Health
August 2024
Campaigns in Global Health, London, UK. Electronic address:
We conducted qualitative research exploring the treatment experience of people with DR-TB. We held nine focus group discussions with 57 adults undergoing/recently completed treatment for DR-TB in Georgia, Mongolia and South Africa. Translated transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGuidance is needed to mitigate the consequences of analytic errors during antimicrobial susceptibility testing for TB.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
October 2021
University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL, USA.
The diagnostic targeting of a carbohydrate virulence factor from M.Tuberculosis.
Sci Rep
May 2015
1] Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore [2] Immunology Programme, Centre for Life Sciences, National University of Singapore.
The current clinical management of TB is complicated by the lack of suitable diagnostic tests that can be employed in infrastructure and resource poor regions. The mannose-capped form of lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) is unique to the surface envelope of slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria such as M.tuberculosis (M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMolecular patterns of multidrug resistance of in Georgia.
Int J Mycobacteriol
June 2013
National Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR MTB) remain a significant public health concern worldwide. Georgia has a high prevalence of MDR MTB. The genetic mechanisms underlying the emergence of MDR MTB strains in this region are poorly understood and need to be determined for developing better strategies for TB control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and risk factors for drug resistance among hospitalized tuberculosis patients in Georgia.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
September 2009
National Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) control in Georgia follows the World Health Organization-recommended DOTS strategy, and has reached global TB control targets in the treatment of susceptible TB; however, the management of drug-resistant forms of TB still represents a serious problem. A countrywide drug resistance survey (DRS) found that the prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) was respectively 6.8% and 27.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia: a population-based study.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
January 2009
National Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases/National Tuberculosis Programme, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Setting: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB, defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin) has emerged as a serious global public health problem, especially in the former Soviet republics. The extent of the problem in Georgia has been incompletely defined.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for MDR-TB in Georgia.