Search Results - "Ghebrekristos, Y"

Assessment and validation of enrichment and target capture approaches to improve Mycobacterium tuberculosis WGS from direct patient samples by Mann, B C, Jacobson, K R, Ghebrekristos, Y, Warren, R M, Farhat, M R

“…Within-host (Mtb) diversity may detect antibiotic resistance or predict tuberculosis treatment failure and is best captured through sequencing directly from…”
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To Test or Not? Xpert MTB/RIF as an Alternative to Smear Microscopy to Guide Line Probe Assay Testing for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Pillay, S, de Vos, M, Sohn, H, Ghebrekristos, Y, Dolby, T, Warren, R M, Theron, G

“…Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) revolutionized tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. Laboratory decision making on whether widely-used reflex drug susceptibility assays (MTBDR ,…”
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Specimen rejection in a high-throughput TB laboratory: A descriptive study by Zerbini, Maria Stella, Singh, Sarishna, Botha, Magda, Ghebrekristos, Yonas, Opperman, Christoffel Johannes

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Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria and by Opperman, C, Singh, S, Ghebrekristos, Y, Warren, R, Goosen, W

“…To the Editor: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are acid-fast bacilli that are Ziehl-Neelsen positive, sharing similarities in constitutional symptoms and…”
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Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex co-infection: A pragmatic approach to its diagnosis and management in South Africa by Opperman, C, Singh, S, Ghebrekristos, Y, Warren, R, Goosen, W

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Characteristics and Early Outcomes of Patients With Xpert MTB/RIF-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosed During Screening Before Antiretroviral Therapy by Lawn, Stephen D., Kerkhoff, Andrew D., Vogt, Monica, Ghebrekristos, Yonas, Whitelaw, Andrew, Wood, Robin

“…Background. A proportion of patients with tuberculosis diagnosed by sputum culture during screening before antiretroviral therapy (ART) have false-negative…”
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Intensive Care Unit Sluice Room Sinks as Reservoirs and Sources of Potential Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria in a South African Tertiary Care Hospital by Dheda, Khelan R, Centner, Chad M, Wilson, Lindsay, Pooran, Anil, Grimwood, Shireen, Ghebrekristos, Yonas T, Oelofse, Suzette, Joubert, Ivan A, Esmail, Aliasgar, Tomasicchio, Michele

“…Purpose: Carbapenem-resistant bacteria (CRB) pose a major health risk to patients in intensive care units (ICU) across African hospitals. There are hardly any…”
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