2020
Detection of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Using Kit SIRE Nitratase®: a Multicenter Study
de Miranda S, de Almeida I, de Fátima Filardi Oliveira Mansur M, de Assis Figueredo L, da Silva Carvalho W, Hadaad J, do Carmo Guimarães Diniz J, von Groll A, da Silva P, Lopes M, dos Santos M, Brito A, de Queiroz Mello F, da Silva Santos Malaquias T, Croda J, Pinhata J, de Oliveira R, Chimara E, Rossetti M, Halon M, Lourenço M, de Melo Medeiros R, Montes F, Machado D, Viveiros M, Kritski A. Detection of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Using Kit SIRE Nitratase®: a Multicenter Study. Brazilian Archives Of Biology And Technology 2020, 63: e20190179. DOI: 10.1590/1678-4324-2020190179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLowenstein-Jensen mediumMulticenter studyProportion methodDrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strainsResistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strainsM. tuberculosis clinical isolatesJensen mediumGold standardTuberculosis clinical isolatesMycobacterium tuberculosis resistanceMycobacterium tuberculosis strainsMiddle-income countriesTreatment drugsTuberculosis strainsClinical isolatesTuberculosis resistanceSusceptibility test kitsEthambutolIncome countriesTest kitIsoniazidRifampicinPresent studyKitStreptomycin
2019
Genetic Diversity and Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Roraima State, Brazil.
Tatara M, Perdigão J, Viveiros M, Kritski A, Silva K, Sacchi F, de Lima C, Dos Santos P, Diniz J, Almeida Silva P, Gomes P, Gomes M, Cunha E, Lapa E Silva J, Portugal I, Croda J, Andrade M. Genetic Diversity and Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Roraima State, Brazil. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2019, 101: 774-779. PMID: 31392954, PMCID: PMC6779181, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation-based prospective studyDrug resistanceMolecular epidemiologyResistance profilesRepetitive units-variable numberMTB/RIFDrug susceptibility testDrug resistance profilesTransmission of MtbPublic health policyPhenotypic resistance profilesIsoniazid monoTB preventionProspective studyNew strain typesTB epidemiologyPrimary resistanceHigh prevalenceMTB isolatesProportion methodHealth policyMycobacterium tuberculosisSusceptibility testsTuberculosisVulnerable populations