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Alarming levels of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ukraine: results from the first national survey by Pavlenko, E., Barbova, A., Hovhannesyan, A., Tsenilova, Z., Slavuckij, A., Shcherbak-Verlan, B., Zhurilo, A., Vitek, E., Skenders, G., Sela, I., Cabibbe, A. M., Cirillo, D. M., de Colombani, P., Dara, M., Dean, A., Zignol, M., Dadu, A.

“…SETTING: The true prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Ukraine is not known. Available data are a decade old and limited to only one…”
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Treatment outcome of multidrug/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia, 2000-2004 by Leimane, V, Dravniece, G, Riekstina, V, Sture, I, Kammerer, S, Chen, M P, Skenders, G, Holtz, T H

“…In the present study, we characterised drug-resistance patterns, compared treatment outcome between extensively and nonextensively drug-resistant tuberculosis…”
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Implementation of the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB® line-probe assay in rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia by SKENDERS, G, HOLTZ, T. H, RIEKSTINA, V, LEIMANE, V

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Performance of the GenoType® MTBDRPlus assay in routine settings: a multicenter study by Mironova, S., Pimkina, E., Kontsevaya, I., Nikolayevskyy, V., Balabanova, Y., Skenders, G., Kummik, T., Drobniewski, F.

“…Former Soviet Union countries including the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) are hot spots for an emerging epidemic of drug resistant…”
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Recent nosocomial transmission and genotypes of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by NODIEVA, A, JANSONE, I, BROKA, L, POLE, I, SKENDERS, G, BAUMANIS, V

“…SETTING: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious health problem in Eastern European countries, including Latvia.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the…”
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Multicentre laboratory validation of the colorimetric redox indicator (CRI) assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis by MARTIN, Anandi, PAASCH, Fabienne, JUREEN, Pontus, HOFFNER, Sven, DEL PORTILLO, Patricia, MORCILLO, Nora, PALOMINO, Juan Carlos, DOCX, Sven, FISSETTE, Krista, IMPERIALE, Belen, RIBON, Wellman, GONZALEZ, Liliana Andrea, WERNGREN, Jim, ENGSTRÖM, Anna, SKENDERS, Girts

“…To perform a multicentre study to evaluate the performance of the colorimetric redox indicator (CRI) assay and to establish the MICs and critical…”
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Laboratory diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area: analysis of routine laboratory data, 2007 to 2011 by Sanchini, A, Fiebig, L, Drobniewski, F, Haas, W, Richter, E, Katalinic-Jankovic, V, Pimkina, E, Skenders, G, Cirillo, D M, Balabanova, Y

“…Laboratory confirmation of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is frequently lacking. We reviewed the range of routine laboratory tests and their performance in…”
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Recommended standards for modern tuberculosis laboratory services in Europe by Drobniewski, F. A, Hoffner, S, Rusch-Gerdes, S, Skenders, G, Thomsen, V, WHO European Laboratory Strengthening Task Force

“…The principles underpinning these standards are that any tuberculosis laboratory-based diagnostic procedure should be performed by appropriately trained staff,…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages by Stucki, David, Brites, Daniela, Jeljeli, Leïla, Coscolla, Mireia, Liu, Qingyun, Trauner, Andrej, Fenner, Lukas, Rutaihwa, Liliana, Borrell, Sonia, Luo, Tao, Gao, Qian, Kato-Maeda, Midori, Ballif, Marie, Egger, Matthias, Macedo, Rita, Mardassi, Helmi, Moreno, Milagros, Vilanova, Griselda Tudo, Fyfe, Janet, Globan, Maria, Thomas, Jackson, Jamieson, Frances, Guthrie, Jennifer L, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Wampande, Eddie, Ssengooba, Willy, Joloba, Moses, Boom, W Henry, Basu, Indira, Bower, James, Saraiva, Margarida, Vasconcellos, Sidra E G, Suffys, Philip, Koch, Anastasia, Wilkinson, Robert, Gail-Bekker, Linda, Malla, Bijaya, Ley, Serej D, Beck, Hans-Peter, de Jong, Bouke C, Toit, Kadri, Sanchez-Padilla, Elisabeth, Bonnet, Maryline, Gil-Brusola, Ana, Frank, Matthias, Penlap Beng, Veronique N, Eisenach, Kathleen, Alani, Issam, Ndung'u, Perpetual Wangui, Revathi, Gunturu, Gehre, Florian, Akter, Suriya, Ntoumi, Francine, Stewart-Isherwood, Lynsey, Ntinginya, Nyanda E, Rachow, Andrea, Hoelscher, Michael, Cirillo, Daniela Maria, Skenders, Girts, Hoffner, Sven, Bakonyte, Daiva, Stakenas, Petras, Diel, Roland, Crudu, Valeriu, Moldovan, Olga, Al-Hajoj, Sahal, Otero, Larissa, Barletta, Francesca, Carter, E Jane, Diero, Lameck, Supply, Philip, Comas, Iñaki, Niemann, Stefan, Gagneux, Sebastien

“…Sebastien Gagneux and colleagues analyze a global collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to classify sublineages by phylogeography. They…”
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Genetic sequencing for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis in highly endemic countries: a multi-country population-based surveillance study by Zignol, Matteo, Cabibbe, Andrea Maurizio, Dean, Anna S, Glaziou, Philippe, Alikhanova, Natavan, Ama, Cecilia, Andres, Sönke, Barbova, Anna, Borbe-Reyes, Angeli, Chin, Daniel P, Cirillo, Daniela Maria, Colvin, Charlotte, Dadu, Andrei, Dreyer, Andries, Driesen, Michèle, Gilpin, Christopher, Hasan, Rumina, Hasan, Zahra, Hoffner, Sven, Hussain, Alamdar, Ismail, Nazir, Kamal, S M Mostofa, Khanzada, Faisal Masood, Kimerling, Michael, Kohl, Thomas Andreas, Mansjö, Mikael, Miotto, Paolo, Mukadi, Ya Diul, Mvusi, Lindiwe, Niemann, Stefan, Omar, Shaheed V, Rigouts, Leen, Schito, Marco, Sela, Ivita, Seyfaddinova, Mehriban, Skenders, Girts, Skrahina, Alena, Tahseen, Sabira, Wells, William A, Zhurilo, Alexander, Weyer, Karin, Floyd, Katherine, Raviglione, Mario C

“…In many countries, regular monitoring of the emergence of resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is hampered by the limitations of phenotypic testing for drug…”
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Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones: first experience with a quality control panel in the Nordic-Baltic collaboration by JOHANSEN, I. S, LARSEN, A. R, SANDVEN, P, PETRINI, B, SOINI, H, LEVINA, K, SOSNOVSKAJA, A, SKENDERS, G, HOFFNER, Tt S

“…In the first attempt to establish a quality assurance programme for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones, 20 strains with…”
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Multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia: trends, characteristics and treatment outcomes by Kuksa, L., Riekstina, V., Leimane, V., Ozere, I., Skenders, G., Van den Bergh, R., Kremer, K., Acosta, C. D., Harries, A. D.

“…Setting: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem in Latvia.Objective: To document trends, characteristics and treatment outcomes…”
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Implementation of the INNO-LiPA Rif. TB® line-probe assay in rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia by Skenders, G K, Holtz, T H, Riekstina, V, Leimane, V

“…SETTING: In Latvia, 11% of tuberculosis (TB) patients have multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). The INNO-LiPA Rif.TB ® line-probe assay (LPA) detects rifampin…”
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Implementation of the INISIO-LiPA Rif.TB registered line-probe assay in rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia by Skenders, G, Holtz, TH, Riekstina, V, Leimane, V

“…SETTING: In Latvia, 11% of tuberculosis (TB) patients have multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). The INNO-LiPA Rif.TB registered line-probe assay (LPA) detects…”
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Performance of the GenoType^sup ?^ MTBDRPlus assay in routine settings: a multicenter study by Mironova, S, Pimkina, E, Kontsevaya, I, Nikolayevskyy, V, Balabanova, Y, Skenders, G, Kummik, T, Drobniewski, F

“…Former Soviet Union countries including the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) are hot spots for an emerging epidemic of drug resistant…”
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FIT test-systems for mega-scale gut microbiome testing by Gudra, D, Fridmanis, D, Klovins, J, Skenders, G, Silamikelis, I, Radovica-Spalvina, I, Peculis, R, Kalnina, I, Elbere, I, Hultcrantz, R, Leja, M, Engstrand, L

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Characterisation of rpsL, rrs and embB mutations associated with streptomycin and ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Tracevska, Tatjana, Jansone, Inta, Nodieva, Anda, Marga, Olgerts, Skenders, Girts, Baumanis, Viesturs

“…In order to characterise molecular mechanisms of first-line drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to evaluate the use of molecular markers of…”
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Spectrum of pncA mutations in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained in Latvia by Tracevska, Tatjana, Jansone, Inta, Baumanis, Viesturs, Nodieva, Anda, Marga, Olgerts, Skenders, Girts

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis detection, Latvia by Skenders, Girts, Fry, Alicia M, Prokopovica, Inga, Greckoseja, Silvija, Broka, Lonija, Metchock, Beverly, Holtz, Timothy H, Wells, Charles D, Leimane, Vaira

“…To improve multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) detection, we successfully introduced the rpoB gene mutation line probe assay into the national laboratory…”
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Performance of the GenoType® MTBDRPlus assay in routine settings: a multicenter study by MIRONOVA, S, PIMKINA, E, KONTSEVAYA, I, NIKOLAYEVSKYY, V, BALABANOVA, Y, SKENDERS, G, KUMMIK, T, DROBNIEWSKI, F

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