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Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study by Boehme, Catharina C, Dr, Nicol, Mark P, Prof, Nabeta, Pamela, MD, Michael, Joy S, Prof, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, MD, Tahirli, Rasim, MD, Gler, Ma Tarcela, MD, Blakemore, Robert, BSc, Worodria, William, MMed, Gray, Christen, MPH, Huang, Laurence, Prof, Caceres, Tatiana, BSc, Mehdiyev, Rafail, MD, Raymond, Lawrence, MD, Whitelaw, Andrew, MD, Sagadevan, Kalaiselvan, MSc, Alexander, Heather, PhD, Albert, Heidi, PhD, Cobelens, Frank, PhD, Cox, Helen, PhD, Alland, David, Prof, Perkins, Mark D, MD

“…Summary Background The Xpert MTB/RIF test (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) can detect tuberculosis and its multidrug-resistant form with very high sensitivity and…”
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A modular paper-and-plastic device for tuberculosis nucleic acid amplification testing in limited-resource settings by Kaur, Navjot, Michael, Joy S., Toley, Bhushan J.

“…We present a prototype for conducting rapid, inexpensive and point-of-care-compatible nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for tuberculosis (TB). The…”
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Mucormycosis—A clinicoepidemiological review of cases over 10 years by Manesh, Abi, Rupali, Priscilla, Sullivan, Maire O., Mohanraj, Promila, Rupa, Vedantam, George, Biju, Michael, Joy S.

“…Summary Background Limited data exist for epidemiology and outcomes of various agents causing mucormycosis in various clinical settings from developing…”
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Risk factors associated with the mucormycosis epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bhanuprasad, Kundakarla, Manesh, Abi, Devasagayam, Emily, Varghese, Lalee, Cherian, Lisa Mary, Kurien, Regi, Karthik, Rajiv, Deodhar, Divya, Vanjare, Harshad, Peter, Jayanthi, Michael, Joy S., Thomas, Meera, Samuel, Prasanna, Varghese, George M.

“…This study was performed to assess the risk factors driving the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis (COVID–Mucor) in India…”
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Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Vassall, Anna, van Kampen, Sanne, Sohn, Hojoon, Michael, Joy S, John, K R, den Boon, Saskia, Davis, J Lucian, Whitelaw, Andrew, Nicol, Mark P, Gler, Maria Tarcela, Khaliqov, Anar, Zamudio, Carlos, Perkins, Mark D, Boehme, Catharina C, Cobelens, Frank

“…Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is a promising new rapid diagnostic technology for tuberculosis (TB) that has characteristics that suggest large-scale roll-out. However,…”
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Reconsidering Mycobacterium bovis as a proxy for zoonotic tuberculosis: a molecular epidemiological surveillance study by Duffy, Shannon C, Srinivasan, Sreenidhi, Schilling, Megan A, Stuber, Tod, Danchuk, Sarah N, Michael, Joy S, Venkatesan, Manigandan, Bansal, Nitish, Maan, Sushila, Jindal, Naresh, Chaudhary, Deepika, Dandapat, Premanshu, Katani, Robab, Chothe, Shubhada, Veerasami, Maroudam, Robbe-Austerman, Suelee, Juleff, Nicholas, Kapur, Vivek, Behr, Marcel A

“…Zoonotic tuberculosis is defined as human infection with Mycobacterium bovis. Although globally, India has the largest number of human tuberculosis cases and…”
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Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adult patients: a retrospective cohort study by Kaswala, Chintan, Schmiedel, Yvonne, Kundu, Debasree, George, Mithun Mohan, Dayanand, Divya, Devasagayam, Emily, S, Abi Manesh, Kumar, Selwyn Selva, Michael, Joy S, Ninan, Marilyn M, Chacko, Geeta, Zachariah, Anand, Sathyendra, Sowmya, Hansdak, Samuel George, Iyadurai, Ramya, Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas, Gupta, Richa, Karthik, Rajiv, Abraham, Ooriapadickal Cherian, Varghese, George M

“…•Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin (MTB/RIF) Ultra is more sensitive than Xpert MTB/RIF and cultures.•Xpert MTB/RIF and cultures have 100%…”
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Evaluation of Induced Sputum against Gastric Juice Aspirate in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children: A Cross-sectional Study by Fenn, Baker Ninan, Michael, Joy S, Samuel, Prasanna, Christopher, DJ, Verghese, Valsan Philip, Chacko, Anila, Ghosh, Urmi, Rose, Winsley

“…Introduction: Diagnosing Tuberculosis (TB) in children is difficult as they do not expectorate sputum on their own, and the sample is usually paucibacillary…”
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Cryptococcosis with tuberculosis: Overlooked coinfections by Suresh, Christina, Ninan, Marilyn, Zachariah, Anand, Michael, Joy

“…Tuberculosis and cryptococcosis are important opportunistic pathogens causing significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. Concurrent…”
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Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis due to signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT 1) mutation in an indian patient - A case report by Balasundaram, Abyramy, George, Renu, Abraham, Aby, Michael, Joy

“…Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) is a primary immunodeficiency due to defect in various genes leading to an increase in susceptibility to skin and…”
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Candida auris: Clinical profile, diagnostic challenge and susceptibility pattern: Experience from a tertiary-care centre in South India by Ninan, Marilyn M., Sahni, Rani D., Chacko, Binila, Balaji, V., Michael, Joy S.

“…•Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast.•Sequence analysis by two methods identified 100% of C. auris at a tertiary-care centre in…”
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Pott's puffy tumor: An unusual complication of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis by Abraham, Ananth P., Manesh, Abi, Regi, Soumya, Michael, Joy S., Kumar, R Hemanth, Thomas, Meera, Cherian, Lisa Mary, Varghese, Lalee, Kurien, Regi, Moorthy, Ranjith K., Nair, Bijesh Ravindran, Rajshekhar, Vedantam, Rupa, Vedantam

“…To describe clinicoradiological features and surgical outcomes in a series of nine patients with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) who presented with…”
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Mycobacterium orygis: a zoonosis, zooanthroponosis, or both? – Authors' reply by Duffy, Shannon C, Srinivasan, Sreenidhi, Michael, Joy S, Behr, Marcel A, Kapur, Vivek

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Challenges in the development of an immunochromatographic interferon-gamma test for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by Denkinger, Claudia M, Kalantri, Yatiraj, Schumacher, Samuel G, Michael, Joy S, Shankar, Deepa, Saxena, Arvind, Sriram, Natarajan, Balamugesh, Thangakunam, Luo, Robert, Pollock, Nira R, Pai, Madhukar, Christopher, Devasahayam J

“…Existing diagnostic tests for pleural tuberculosis (TB) have inadequate accuracy and/or turnaround time. Interferon-gamma (IFNg) has been identified in many…”
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The role of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the diagnosis of tubercular spondylodiscitis by Arockiaraj, Justin, Michael, Joy S., Amritanand, Rohit, David, Kenny Samuel, Krishnan, Venkatesh

“…Purpose This study aims to assess the accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the diagnosis of tubercular spondylodiscitis and to identify its role in detecting…”
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Effectiveness of Adjunctive High-Dose Infliximab Therapy to Improve Disability-Free Survival Among Patients With Severe Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: A Matched Retrospective Cohort Study by Manesh, Abi, Gautam, Priyanka, Kumar D, Selwyn Selva, Mannam, Pavithra, Jasper, Anitha, Gunasekaran, Karthik, Thomas, Naveen Cherian, Benjamin, Rohit Ninan, Inbaraj, Leeberk Raja, Devasagayam, Emily, George, Mithun Mohan, Karthik, Rajiv, Abraham, Ooriapadickal Cherian, Vanjare, Harshad A, Sivadasan, Ajith, Appaswamy, Prabhakar Thirumal, Jonathan, Edmond, Michael, Joy S, Samuel, Prasanna, Varghese, George M

“…Abstract Background Few treatment options exist for patients with severe central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) worsening due to inflammatory lesions,…”
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Challenging the gold standard: the limitations of molecular assays for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis heteroresistance by Danchuk, Sarah N, Solomon, Ori E, Kohl, Thomas Andreas, Dreyer, Viola, Barilar, Ivan, Utpatel, Christian, Niemann, Stefan, Soolingen, Dick van, Anthony, Richard, van Ingen, Jakko, Michael, Joy S, Behr, Marcel A

“…Heteroresistant infections are defined as infections in which a mixture of drug-resistant and drug-susceptible populations are present. In ( ),…”
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Pulmonary nocardiosis: Risk factors and species distribution from a high burden centre by Ninan, Marilyn M., Venkatesan, Manigandan, Balaji, V., Rupali, Priscilla, Michael, Joy S.

“…Nocardiosis is a clinical and diagnostic challenge. This was a retrospective study carried out on cases of pulmonary nocardiosis presenting over 15 years…”
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Xpert MTB/Rif for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis – an experience from a tertiary care centre in South India by Suzana, Shirly, Ninan, Marilyn M., Gowri, Mahasampath, Venkatesh, Krishnan, Rupali, Priscilla, Michael, Joy S.

“…Objective The Xpert MTB/Rif, with a detection limit of 131 CFU/ml, plays a valuable role in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, both susceptible and…”
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Clinical implications of high-risk mutations in drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB): An observational cohort study by Thampy, Anupa, Ninan, Marilyn M., Michael, Joy S., James, Prince, Rupali, Priscilla

“…Genotype MTBDRsl [SL-LPA] was endorsed as a tool for early diagnosis of fluoroquinolones (FQ) and injectable second-line TB drugs (SLID) resistance in DR-TB…”
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