TB drug susceptibility testing in high fluoroquinolone resistance settings by F. Saluzzo, F. Masood, V. Batignani, F. Di Marco, U. Majeed, A. Ghazal, D.M. Cirillo, S. Tahseen

“…METHODS: This cross-sectional prospective study, approved by the local ethical committee, collected samples from people newly and previously diagnosed with TB over 6 months. Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra, MTB/XDR, Genotype® MTBDRplus, Genotype® MTBDRsl, culture, and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (pDST) for relevant drugs (including bedaquiline and levofloxacin) were performed. …”
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Plio–Quaternary Tectonic Activity in the Northern Nubian Belts: The Main Driving Forces by Enzo Mantovani, Marcello Viti, Daniele Babbucci, Caterina Tamburelli

“…It is suggested that the occurrence of tectonic activity in the northern Nubian belts (Tell-Rif and Atlas systems) since the Late Pliocene can be interpreted as one of the processes that were produced in the central and western Mediterranean zones by the collision of the Adriatic continental promontory with the Anatolian–Aegean Tethyan system. …”
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Evolution and importance of Molecular Microbiology in the Laboratory of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology by María de Lourdes Sánchez Alvarez, Rafael Abreu Duarte, Edenis García Alvarez, Adrian Fernández García, Ermis Alexander González Martínez, Maidelys Mendoza Acosta

“…Results: In 2018, molecular diagnosis was implemented with two platforms, Rotor Gene-Q® and Gene Xpert® MTB/RIF, and in 2021, four were available, when the SLAN and the COBAS 4800® platform were introduced. …”
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Prevalence Of Rifampicin Resistance in New Cases Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Children by Sonia Saleem, Aneela Shaheen, Muhammad Naeem, Shahid Mehmood Sahi, Sara Rubab, Bint-Ul- Huda

“…Sputum samples were processed employing the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. Statistical analyses, encompassing descriptive statistics and prevalence calculations, were executed utilizing the SPSS software. …”
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Effectiveness of a Commercial Lactic Acid Bacteria Intervention Applied to Inhibit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli on Refrigerated Vacuum-Aged Beef by Katie R. Kirsch, Tamra N. Tolen, Jessica C. Hudson, Alejandro Castillo, Davey Griffin, T. Matthew Taylor

“…Prerigor strip loins were inoculated with a cocktail (8.9±0.1 log10 CFU/ml) of rifampicin-resistant (100.0 μg/ml; RifR) O157 and non-O157 STEC. Inoculated loins were chilled to ≤4°C and treated with 8.7±0.1 log10 CFU/ml LAB intervention using either a pressurized tank air sprayer (conventional application) or air-assisted electrostatic sprayer (ESS). …”
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Applicability of TB-LAMP test for diagnosis of pulmonary TB among HIV-positive individuals by B. Muriithi, M.M. Bundi, T. Moriyasu, A. Ahmed, M. Mwamzuka, M. Karama, S. Kaneko

“…BACKGROUND: The loop-mediated isothermal amplification for TB (TB-LAMP) assay is more cost-effective and accessible than the Xpert ® MTB/RIF assay. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the TB-LAMP assay in individuals with and without HIV infection. …”
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Xpert MTB/XDR implementation in South Africa: cost outcomes of centralised vs. decentralised approaches by N. Cassim, S.V. Omar, S.D. Masuku, H. Moultrie, W.S. Stevens, F. Ismail, P. da Silva

“…INTRODUCTION: In South Africa, Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) is the recommended diagnostic assay for TB with line-probe assays for first- (LPAfl) and second-line drugs (LPAsl) providing additional drug susceptibility testing (DST) for samples that were rifampicin-resistant (RR-TB). …”
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A case report of confirmed difficult pulmonary tuberculosis based on the hybrid capture-based tNGS method by Weiqian Chen, Huimin Chen, Ze Liu, Xinle Chi, Yaomeng Chen, Huan Ye, Wenjie Huang, Chenlei Cao, Wei Weng

“…Routine testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, search for tuberculosis bacilli, bacterial and fungal cultures, X-pert MTB/RIF, and multiplex PCR-based targeted Next-generation sequencing (mp-tNGS) results were all inconclusive. …”
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Frequency of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Raihan Kamal Galib, Susanta Kumar Paul, Khujjista Akter, Manzurul Ibrahim Musa, Dip Jyoti Sarker, Shah Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq Choudhury, Shipan Chandra Paul, Rajashish Chakrabortty

“…PTB was diagnosed by positive sputum acid‐fast bacilli (AFB),/Culture,/Gene Xpert MTB/RIF, and DM, which was proven by taking oral hypoglycemic drugs or receiving insulin at the time of hospital admission. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) for detection of tuberculosis drug resistance in India, South Africa and Georgia: a modeling analysisResearch in co... by Suvesh Shrestha, Angelina Addae, Cecily Miller, Nazir Ismail, Alice Zwerling

“…In Georgia, using tNGS as initial test for TB drug-resistance compared to Xpert MTB/Rif followed by pDST appeared cost-effective. Scenario with 50% reduction in tNGS test kit costs made tNGS cost-effective across all three countries, while a high Bedaquiline resistance prevalence (30%) led to a worsening cost-effectiveness. …”
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Xpert Ultra stool testing to diagnose tuberculosis in children in Ethiopia and Indonesia: a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis by Peter J Dodd, Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, Rina Triasih, Debebe Shaweno, Jens Levy, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Ineke Spruijt, Nastiti Kaswandani, Ahmed Bedru, Melaku Gebremichael, Edine W Tiemersma

“…Objectives The WHO currently recommends stool testing using GeneXpert MTB/Rif (Xpert) for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Medication Adherence Mediates the Association between Type D Personality and High HbA1c Level in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study by Xuemei Li, Min Gao, Shengfa Zhang, Huiwen Xu, Huixuan Zhou, Xiaohua Wang, Zhiyong Qu, Jing Guo, Weijun Zhang, Donghua Tian

“…Chi-square test, T test, Ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS), and Recentered Influence Function Regression (RIF) were employed. Results. Patients with Type D personality had significantly higher HbA1c value (P<0.01). …”
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Comparison of In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes between Normal and T-Shaped Uteri, Diagnosed by Hysterosalpingography in Women with infertility: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fattaneh Pahlavan, Shohreh Irani, Mehri Mashayekhi, Samira Vesali, Fatemeh Niknejad, Firoozeh Ahmadi, Narges Bagheri-Lankarani

“…Inclusion criteria were as follow: womenof 20-45 years old, primary infertility, no repeated implantation failure (RIF), embryo quality “grade A” or “grade B”(freeze), and no consumption of smoking or alcohol. …”
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Assessment of different genotyping markers and algorithms for distinguishing Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Golumbeanu, Monica, Jones, Sam, Cantoreggi, L. Sara, Musinguzi, Benson, Nankabirwa, I. Joaniter, Bikaitwoha, Everd Maniple, Kalyango, N. Joan, Karamagi, Charles, Plucinski, Mateusz, Nsobya, L. Samuel, Nsanzabana, Christian, Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline

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Role of Virtual iMRI in Glioblastoma Surgery: Advantages, Limitations, and Correlation with iCT and Brain Shift by Erica Grasso, Francesco Certo, Mario Ganau, Giulio Bonomo, Giuseppa Fiumanò, Giovanni Buscema, Andrea Maugeri, Antonella Agodi, Giuseppe M. V. Barbagallo

“…An analysis of accuracy was performed through Target Registration Error (TRE) measurement after rigid image fusion (RIF) and EIF. A qualitative evaluation of each Virtual MRI image (VMRI) was performed. …”
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Early risk assessment in paediatric and adult household contacts of confirmed tuberculosis cases by novel diagnostic tests (ERASE-TB): protocol for a prospective, non-interventiona... by Ursula Panzner, Katharina Kranzer, Tsitsi Bandason, Kuda Mutasa, Sandra Rukobo, Charles Sandy, Bariki Mtafya, Andrea Rachow, Norbert Heinrich, Michael Hoelscher, Judith Bruchfeld, Olena Ivanova, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Doreen Pamba, Laura Olbrich, Issa Sabi, Simeon Mwanyonga, Elmar Saathoff, Willyhelmina Olomi, Junior Mutsvangwa, Hazel M Dockrell, Edson Tawanda Marambire, Denise Banze, Alfred Mfinanga, Theodora D Mbunda, Khosa Celso, Gunilla Kallenius, Claire J Calderwood, Christof Geldmacher, Kathrin Held, Tejaswi Appalarowthu, Friedrich Rieß, Anna Shepherd, Christopher Sundling, Mishelle Mugava, Martha Chipinduro, Lwitiho Sudi, Antelmo Haule, Emmanuel Sichone, Paschal Qwaray, Harrieth Mwambola, Lilian Minja, Peter Edwin, Dogo Ngalison, Stella Luswema, Celina Nhamuave, António Machiana, Carla Madeira, Emelva Manhiça, Nádia Sitoe, Jorge Ribeiro

“…Individuals screening positive (WHO symptom screen or dCXR) will be requested to provide sputum for Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra. At baseline, HHCs will also be screened for HIV, diabetes (HbA1c), chronic lung disease (spirometry), hypertension and anaemia. …”
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Estimation of tuberculosis incidence at subnational level using three methods to monitor progress towards ending TB in India, 2015–2020 by Swati Mahajan, Amar Shah, Sarit Sharma, Rituparna Das, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Mathavaswami Vijayageetha, Bhavesh Modi, Burugina Nagaraja Sharath, Vijay Singh, Shamim Mannan, Sairu Philip, Jasleen Kaur, Ranjani Ramachandran, Raghuram Rao, Sriram Selvaraju, Bency Joseph, Vaibhav Shah, Kiran Rade, Lalit Sankhe, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Chauhan, Anupam Banerjee, Devender Kumar, Ganapathy Kalaiselvan, Bhavin Vadera, Paras Mehta, Meenakumari Natarajan, Manoj Murhekar, Aswathy Sreedevi, Jeromie Thangaraj, Saravanakumar Velusamy, Sasidharan Akhil, Dhanapal Sudha Rani, Ramasamy Sabarinathan, Sakthivel Manikandanesan, Rajalakshmi Elumalai, Amarendra Mahapatra, Almas Shamim, Ashok Bhardwaj, Anil Purty, Anand Sridhar, Aniket Chowdhury, Asif Shafie, Avijit Choudhury, Deka Dhrubjyoti, Hardik Solanki, Krushna Sirmanwar, Kshitij Khaparde, Malik Parmar, Nisha Dahiya, Parija Debdutta, Quazi Ahmed, Ranjeet Prasad, Rohini Shinde, Rupali Baruah, Sandip Bharaswadkar, Shanta Achanta, Shibu Balakrishnan, Shivani Chandra, Sophia Khumukcham, Sudarsan Mandal, Sumitha Chalil, Venkatesh Roddawar, Kuldeep Sachdeva, Jayakrishna Kurada, Mayank Sharma, Debajyoti Mohapatra, Yogesh Patel, Sapna Thekkepat, Karthikeyan Kumaraswamy, Mallika Tharakan, Shramana Majumdar, Vrinda Manocha, Sukriti Chauhan, Shekhar Waikar, Puja Ambule, Krithika Murali, Devi Madhavi Bhimarasetty, Tulika Goswami, Darshan Mahyavanshi, Krutarth Bhrahmbhatt, Bhautik Modi, Anmol Gupta, Sunil Raina, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Ratnesh Sinha, Manju Toppo, Gajen Medhi, Swati M Patki, Bishnu Ram Das, Lisa Sarangi, Afsal Hakim, Suresh Balan, Baer Philip Ravikumar, Subrata Baidya, Abhik Sinha, Boddepalli Nagendra Naidu, Bikash Chandra Nayak, Anoop Dev, Pallavi Boro, Debarshi Paul, Amrita Sarkar, Bhavesh Bariya, Jatin Chhaya, Dixit Chauhan, Mithun Sanghavi, Nilesh Thakor, Rohit Ram, Hinal Baria, Abhilash Sood, Anupam Parashar, Yangchen Dolma, Rakesh Bahl, Dilip Kumar, Mohammad Salim Khan, A K Jayasree, Zinia Nujum, Sheela P Haveri, Dinesh Bhatnagar, Subrata Kumar Palo, Priyesh Marskole, Prashant Verma, Dinesh Kumar Pal, Neelam Toppo, Sanjay R Quraishi, Sunil Panigrahi, Rambadan Chauhan, Jayashree Gothankar, Swapnali S Kadam, Dasi Rao, Sudhir Wanje, Pallavi Uplap, Ningombam Joenna Devi, Rikrak Ch Marak, Markordor Lyngdoh, Manoj B Patki, Satyajit Sundar Ray, Kavita Vasudevan, Mahesh Satija, Mahesh Choudhary, Mitin Parmar, Venkatesh Govindasamy, Karlapudi Nitesh Kumar, Goutham Thumari, Amar Tripura, Chanda Mog, Shampa Das, Ritesh Singh, Chandra Shekar Maity, Mamta Gehlawat

“…Sputum from participants with a history of anti-TB therapy (ATT), those currently experiencing chest symptoms or on ATT were tested using Xpert/Rif/TrueNat. The survey continued until 30 Mycobacterium tuberculosis cases were identified in a district.Outcome measures We calculated a direct estimate of TB incidence based on incident cases identified in the survey. …”
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Policy options for low-carbon sustainable transport systems in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A survey-based study by Jyoti Prajapati, Maheswar Rupakheti, Mark G. Lawrence

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: P16INK4a Deletion Ameliorated Renal Tubulointerstitial Injury in a Stress-induced Premature Senescence Model of Bmi-1 Deficiency by Jianliang Jin, Jianguo Tao, Xin Gu, Zhenzhen Yu, Rong Wang, Guoping Zuo, Qing Li, Xianhui Lv, Dengshun Miao

“…Fifth-passage renal interstitial fibroblasts (RIFs) from the three groups were analyzed for senescence and proliferation. …”
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Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation for Monostatic MIMO Radar with Electromagnetic Vector Received Sensors by Guimei Zheng, Jun Tang

“…Secondly, ESPRIT is utilized to estimate the rotational invariant factors (RIFs). Parts of the RIFs are picked up to restore the source’s electromagnetic-field vector. …”
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