[PDF] Top 20 Evaluation of four colourimetric susceptibility tests for the rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

... Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the oldest known in- fectious agent and remains a major public health problem (WHO ...early detection of multidrug-resistant ... See full document

... for rapid detection of susceptibility, good or excellent levels of agreement with the PM were ...obtained. The NRA seems to be the most inexpensive method; ... See full document

... early detection of drug resistance in clinical M. tuberculosis isolates is crucial for the appro- priate treatment and to prevent the development of fur- ther resistance ... See full document

... isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and thereby to facilitate appropriate patient ...drug susceptibility testing and has been approved by the WHO for ... See full document

... one of the world’s dead- liest communicable ...from the disease. The proportion of new cases with multi- drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) was ...in the world- wide (WHO 2014). ... See full document

... determine the susceptibility of 57 clinical ...Three isolates were resistant to INH by REMA and susceptible by ...was resistant to INH and to RMP by both ...from the ... See full document

... As the multinomial model is non-linear, the marginal effect of the treatment in a DID model is not the marginal impact of the interaction between time and treatment, but ... See full document

... Cases of peripheral neuropathy and changes in the pressure and quantity of proteins in the CSF have been ...described. The administration of pyridoxine can aid in preventing ... See full document

... in Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid (INH) is caused by mutations in the catalase-peroxi- dase gene (katG), and within the inhA promoter and/or in structural ...10%) of INH- ... See full document

... compare the mutations in two different regions of the katG gene, which is responsible for isoniazid (INH) ...97 multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains ... See full document

... are the main causes of squamous cell cancers of the upper aerodigestive ...cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck region, and lungs (‘ield ...risk of developing second ... See full document

... with detection systems such as spectrofluorometry [8], spectrophotometry [9,10], chemiluminescene [11], atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) [12–14], inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry ... See full document

... ages of t he children , du rat ion of exposure, and severity of the index ...confirmed the hypothesis that the sources of INH- resistant Mtb were less pathogenic, ... See full document

... gene katG (GenBank número de acesso U06258) se concentraram em duas regiões de interesse. A região 1, que se inicia no nucleotídeo 1, que corresponde ao códon 1 (GTG, valina), primeiro aminoácido da proteína codificada e ... See full document

... on the definitive membranes and protocol - Using the optimal conditions of concentration of capture oligonucleotides, volume of the PCR product, annealing temperature, and ... See full document

... Despite the exigencies of the European Union regarding the active inclusion , which means to ensure labor markets for those looking for a job and for the disadvantaged persons , in ... See full document

... Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views ... See full document

... determine the influence of aluminium in the amount from about ...on the structure of cast iron treated with cerium mischmetal and subjected to graphitizing modification with 75% ... See full document

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... alleviate the negative effects of traffic ...matter of internalizing a negative ...across the world, and a congestion tax is seldom ...is the case. In order to do so, we estimate ... See full document