Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing

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Authors

Doctor B. Sibandze · Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Alexander Kay · Children’s Foundation

Viola Dreyer · Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Welile Sikhondze · Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Qiniso Dlamini · Baylor College of Medicine

Andrew R. DiNardo · Baylor College of Medicine

Godwin Mtetwa

Abstract

tNGS can identify drug resistance from stool provided by tuberculosis patients. This affords the opportunity to obtain critical diagnostic information for tuberculosis patients who struggle to provide respiratory specimens.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Genome Medicine

Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 52-52

DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01054-6

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