2023
Bedaquiline and clofazimine resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in-vitro and in-silico data analysis
Sonnenkalb L, Carter J, Spitaleri A, Iqbal Z, Hunt M, Malone K, Utpatel C, Cirillo D, Rodrigues C, Nilgiriwala K, Fowler P, Merker M, Niemann S, Consortium C, Barilar I, Battaglia S, Borroni E, Brandao A, Brankin A, Cabibbe A, Carter J, Cirillo D, Claxton P, Clifton D, Cohen T, Coronel J, Crook D, Dreyer V, Earle S, Escuyer V, Ferrazoli L, Fowler P, Gao G, Gardy J, Gharbia S, Ghisi K, Ghodousi A, Cruz A, Grandjean L, Grazian C, Groenheit R, Guthrie J, He W, Hoffmann H, Hoosdally S, Hunt M, Iqbal Z, Ismail N, Jarrett L, Joseph L, Jou R, Kambli P, Khot R, Knaggs J, Koch A, Kohlerschmidt D, Kouchaki S, Lachapelle A, Lalvani A, Lapierre S, Laurenson I, Letcher B, Lin W, Liu C, Liu D, Malone K, Mandal A, Mansjö M, Matias D, Meintjes G, de Freitas Mendes F, Merker M, Mihalic M, Millard J, Miotto P, Mistry N, Moore D, Musser K, Ngcamu D, Hoang N, Niemann S, Nilgiriwala K, Nimmo C, Okozi N, Oliveira R, Omar S, Paton N, Peto T, Pinhata J, Plesnik S, Puyen Z, Rabodoarivelo M, Rakotosamimanana N, Rancoita P, Rathod P, Rodger G, Rodrigues C, Rodwell T, Roohi E, Santos-Lazaro D, Shah S, Kohl T, Smith G, Solano W, Spitaleri A, Supply P, Surve U, Tahseen S, Thuong N, Thwaites G, Todt K, Trovato A, Utpatel C, Van Rie A, Vijay S, Walker T, Walker S, Warren R, Werngren J, Wijkander M, Wilkinson R, Wilson D, Wintringer P, Yu X, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Yao S, Zhu B. Bedaquiline and clofazimine resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in-vitro and in-silico data analysis. The Lancet Microbe 2023, 4: e358-e368. PMID: 37003285, PMCID: PMC10156607, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00002-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutation catalogueIn silico data analysisBedaquiline resistanceClofazimine resistanceResistance mechanismsProtein modelsClinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolatesImpaired DNA bindingClinically resistant strainsMinimum inhibitory concentrationVariants in vitroPacBio sequencingGenome sequenceGenomic rearrangementsGenomic variantsIn vitroExperimental evolutionGenotype dataTranscriptional repressorDrug resistance mechanismsClinical isolatesPhenotypic dataResistance determinantsDNA bindingProtein dimerisation
2022
A crowd of BashTheBug volunteers reproducibly and accurately measure the minimum inhibitory concentrations of 13 antitubercular drugs from photographs of 96-well broth microdilution plates
Fowler P, Wright C, Spiers H, Zhu T, Baeten E, Hoosdally S, Cruz A, Roohi A, Kouchaki S, Walker T, Peto T, Miller G, Lintott C, Clifton D, Crook D, Walker A, Barilar I, Battaglia S, Borroni E, Brandao A, Brankin A, Cabibbe A, Carter J, Cirillo D, Claxton P, Clifton D, Cohen T, Coronel J, Crook D, Earle S, Escuyer V, Ferrazoli L, Fowler P, Gao G, Gardy J, Gharbia S, Ghisi K, Ghodousi A, Cruz A, Grazian C, Guthrie J, He W, Hoffmann H, Hoosdally S, Hunt M, Iqbal Z, Ismail N, Jarrett L, Joseph L, Jou R, Kambli P, Knaggs J, Koch A, Kohlerschmidt D, Kouchaki S, Lachapelle A, Lalvani A, Lapierre S, Laurenson I, Letcher B, Lin W, Liu C, Liu D, Malone K, Mandal A, Matias D, Meintjes G, Mendes F, Merker M, Mihalic M, Millard J, Miotto P, Mistry N, Moore D, Dreyer V, Chetty D, Musser K, Ngcamu D, Nhung H, Grandjean L, Nilgiriwala K, Nimmo C, Okozi N, Oliveira R, Omar S, Paton N, Peto T, Pinhata J, Plesnik S, Puyen Z, Rabodoarivelo M, Rakotosamimanana N, Rancoita P, Rathod P, Robinson E, Rodger G, Rodrigues C, Rodwell T, Roohi A, Santos-Lazaro D, Shah S, Kohl T, Smith G, Solano W, Spitaleri A, Supply P, Steyn A, Surve U, Tahseen S, Thuong N, Thwaites G, Todt K, Trovato A, Utpatel C, Van Rie A, Vijay S, Walker T, Walker A, Warren R, Werngren J, Groenheit R, Wijkander M, Wilkinson R, Wilson D, Wintringer P, Xiao Y, Yang Y, Yanlin Z, Yao S, Zhu B, Niemann S, O'Donnell M. A crowd of BashTheBug volunteers reproducibly and accurately measure the minimum inhibitory concentrations of 13 antitubercular drugs from photographs of 96-well broth microdilution plates. ELife 2022, 11: e75046. PMID: 35588296, PMCID: PMC9286738, DOI: 10.7554/elife.75046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimum inhibitory concentrationIncreasing prevalence of resistanceBroth microdilution platesAntibiotic susceptibility testingPrevalence of resistanceInhibitory concentrationPanel of antibioticsClinical samplesSusceptibility testingMicrodilution platesDilution platingTreatment outcomesIncreased prevalenceAntitubercular drugsAntibioticsInhibited growthDrugCitizen science platformRespiratory diseaseLaboratory scientistsVolunteersPre-determined concentrations