2014
Minimal Diversity of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, South Africa - Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Gandhi NR, Brust JC, Moodley P, Weissman D, Heo M, Ning Y, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Sturm AW, Shah NS. Minimal Diversity of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, South Africa - Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014, 20: 394-401. PMID: 24565645, PMCID: PMC3944869, DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.131083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsXDR-TB casesMDR-TBXDR-TBTB casesDrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strainsInfectious Diseases journal - CDCDrug-susceptible TBDrug-resistant tuberculosisNon-Beijing strainsDrug-susceptible isolatesMycobacterium tuberculosis strainsStrain typesStrain prevalenceRetrospective studyHigh incidenceBeijing strainsTuberculosis strainsSpoligotype patternsPredominant strainMultidrugStrongest predictorMortalityTBSurvivalHIV
2011
Increasing Drug Resistance in Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, South Africa - Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Shah NS, Richardson J, Moodley P, Moodley S, Babaria P, Ramtahal M, Heysell SK, Li X, Moll AP, Friedland G, Sturm AW, Gandhi NR. Increasing Drug Resistance in Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, South Africa - Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011, 17: 510-513. PMID: 21392446, PMCID: PMC3166021, DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisTuberculosis drug susceptibility testingDrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosisInfectious Diseases journal - CDCDrug-resistant TBDrug-resistant tuberculosisDrug susceptibility testingEffective treatmentAvailable drugsDrug resistanceSusceptibility testingMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisDrugsPatients
2010
Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa - Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Heysell SK, Moll AP, Gandhi NR, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah NS, Heysell S, Moll A, Gandhi N, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah N, Heysell S, Moll A, Gandhi N, Eksteen F, Babaria P, Coovadia Y, Roux L, Lalloo U, Friedland G, Shah N. Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa - Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2010, 16: 557-560. PMID: 20202446, PMCID: PMC3322040, DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntitubercular AgentsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCulture MediaDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansLymph NodesMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisPleural EffusionRural PopulationSouth Africa