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Reduction of diagnostic and treatment delays reduces rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis mortality in Rwanda by Ngabonziza, J-C. S., Habimana, Y. M., Decroo, T., Migambi, P., Dushime, A., Mazarati, J. B., Rigouts, L., Affolabi, D., Ivan, E., Meehan, C. J., Van Deun, A., Fissette, K., Habiyambere, I., Nyaruhirira, A. U., Turate, I., Semahore, J. M., Ndjeka, N., Muvunyi, C. M., Condo, J. U., Gasana, M., Hasker, E., Torrea, G., de Jong, B. C.

“…SETTING: In 2005, in response to the increasing prevalence of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and poor treatment outcomes, Rwanda initiated the…”
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Evaluation of a novel line probe assay to detect resistance to pyrazinamide, a key drug used for tuberculosis treatment by Driesen, M., Kondo, Y., de Jong, B.C., Torrea, G., Asnong, S., Desmaretz, C., Mostofa, K.S.M., Tahseen, S., Whitfield, M.G., Cirillo, D.M., Miotto, P., Cabibbe, A.M., Rigouts, L.

“…The development of rapid molecular diagnostic assays for pyrazinamide (PZA) resistance is considered technically challenging as mutations are highly diverse,…”
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Failure or relapse predictors for the STREAM Stage 1 short regimen for RR-TB by Kokebu, D. M., Ahmed, S., Moodliar, R., Chiang, C-Y., Torrea, G., Van Deun, A., Goodall, R. L., Rusen, I. D., Meredith, S. K., Nunn, A. J.

“…BACKGROUND: STREAM (Standardised Treatment Regimens of Anti-tuberculosis drugs for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis) Stage 1 demonstrated non-inferior efficacy…”
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Effectiveness of GenoType MTBDRsl in excluding TB drug resistance in a clinical trial by Ejo, M., Van Deun, A., Nunn, A., Meredith, S., Ahmed, S., Dalai, D., Tumenbayar, O., Tsogt, B., Dat, P. T., Ha, D. T. M., Hang, P. T., Kokebu, D., Teferi, M., Mebrahtu, T., Ngubane, N., Moodliar, R., Duckworth, L., Conradie, F., Enduwamahoro, E., Keysers, J., De Rijk, P., Mulders, W., Diro, E., Rigouts, L., de Jong, B. C., Torrea, G., on behalf of the STREAM collaborators

“…OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of the GenoType MTBDRsl v1, a line-probe assay (LPA), to exclude baseline resistance to fluoroquinolones (FQs) and…”
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Effectiveness of GenoType MTBDR sl in excluding TB drug resistance in a clinical trial by Ejo, M, Van Deun, A, Nunn, A, Meredith, S, Ahmed, S, Dalai, D, Tumenbayar, O, Tsogt, B, Dat, P T, Ha, D T M, Hang, P T, Kokebu, D, Teferi, M, Mebrahtu, T, Ngubane, N, Moodliar, R, Duckworth, L, Conradie, F, Enduwamahoro, E, Keysers, J, De Rijk, P, Mulders, W, Diro, E, Rigouts, L, de Jong, B C, Torrea, G

“…To assess the performance of the GenoType MTBDR v1, a line-probe assay (LPA), to exclude baseline resistance to fluoroquinolones (FQs) and second-line…”
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First Molecular Epidemiology Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Burkina Faso by Godreuil, S, Torrea, G, Terru, D, Chevenet, F, Diagbouga, S, Supply, P, Van de Perre, P, Carriere, C, Bañuls, A.L

“…We conducted a molecular epidemiology study on 120 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Burkina Faso…”
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Evaluation of the Genotype® MTBDRplus assay as a tool for drug resistance surveys by RIGOUTS, L, HOZA, A. S, DE RIJK, P, TORREA, G, CHONDE, T. M, BASRA, D, ZIGNOL, M, VAN LETH, F, EGWAGA, S. M, VAN DEUN, A

“…SETTING: A national tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Tanzania.OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of the Genotype® MTBDRplus line-probe assay…”
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Comparison of two LED fluorescence microscopy build-on modules for acid-fast smear microscopy by AFFOLABI, D, TORREA, G, ODOUN, M, SENOU, N, ALI LIGALI, M, ANAGONOU, S, VAN DEUN, A

“…SETTING: National Reference Laboratory, Benin.OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of Fraen FluoLED™ and LW Lumin™ light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescence…”
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PCR-based detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in urine of HIV-infected and uninfected pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Burkina Faso by Torrea, Gabriela, Van de Perre, Philippe, Ouedraogo, Martial, Zougba, Alain, Sawadogo, Adrian, Dingtoumda, Benoit, Diallo, Boukari, Defer, Marie Christine, Sombie, Issiaka, Zanetti, Stefania, Sechi, Leonardo A

“…1,8 Mycobacteriology Laboratory 1 and Biological Analysis Laboratory 8 , ‘‘Centre Muraz’', Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 2 Bacteriology-Virology Laboratory,…”
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Evaluation of the FluoreslenS™ and fluorescence microscopy blinded rechecking trial, Nairobi, Kenya by TORREA, G, CHAKAYA, J, MAYABI, M, VAN DEUN, A

“…SETTING: Three busy laboratories in Nairobi, Kenya.OBJECTIVES: To determine the performance of an affordable fluorescence system (FluoreslenS™) for…”
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Two vs. three sputum samples for microscopic detection of tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence population by NOESKE, J, DOPICO, E, TORREA, G, WANG, H, VAN DEUN, A

“…SETTING: A busy urban hospital in Cameroon.OBJECTIVES: To compare the yield in bacteriologically proven tuberculosis (TB) cases examining two morning vs. three…”
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Yield of fluorescence microscopy versus culture for tuberculosis at a middle-income country referral hospital by Van Deun, A., Chuquiyauri, R., Torrea, G., Agapito, J., Verdonck, K., Gotuzzo, E.

“…The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of fluorescence microscopy (FM) at a referral centre in a middle-income country. Direct Ziehl–Neelsen…”
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HIV-related incremental yield of bleach sputum concentration and fluorescence technique for the microscopic detection of tuberculosis by Eyangoh, S. I., Torrea, G., Tejiokem, M. C., Kamdem, Y., Piam, F. F., Noeske, J., Van Deun, A.

“…Bleach sputum concentration and fluorescence microscopy (FM) are reportedly more sensitive than direct Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) sputum smears for tuberculosis…”
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3 IS-RFLP: a powerful tool for geographical clustering of global isolates of Yersinia pestis by Leclercq, A J L, Torrea, G, Chenal-Francisque, V, Carniel, E

“…Multiple copies of several classes of insertion sequences (IS) are found in the genome of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague…”
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Evaluation of spoligotyping in a study of the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Goguet de la Salmonière, Y O, Li, H M, Torrea, G, Bunschoten, A, van Embden, J, Gicquel, B

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Chromosomal DNA fingerprinting analysis using the insertion sequence IS6110 and the repetitive element DR as strain-specific markers for epidemiological study of tuberculosis in French Polynesia by TORREA, G, LEVEE, G, GRIMONT, P, MARTIN, C, CHANTEAU, S, GICQUEL, B

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Identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA sequences encoding exported proteins by using phoA gene fusions by Lim, E M, Rauzier, J, Timm, J, Torrea, G, Murray, A, Gicquel, B, Portnoi, D

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Evaluation of tuberculosis transmission in a community by 1 year of systematic typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by TORREA, G, OFFREDO, C, SIMONET, M, GICQUEL, B, BERCHE, P, PIERRE-AUDIGIER, C

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Multidrug resistant tuberculosis in France 1992-4: two case-control studies by Schwoebel, Valérie, Decludt, Bénédicte, de Benoist, Anne-Claire, Haeghebaert, Sylvie, Torrea, Gabriela, Vincent, Véronique, Grosset, Jacques

“…Schwoebel et al find that although HIV infection was not associated with secondary multidrug resistant tuberculosis (TB), it was an independent risk factor for…”
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Yersinia pestis, the Cause of Plague, Is a Recently Emerged Clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by Achtman, Mark, Zurth, Kerstin, Morelli, Giovanna, Torrea, Gabriela, Guiyoule, Annie, Carniel, Elisabeth

“…Plague, one of the most devastating diseases of human history, is caused by Yersinia pestis. In this study, we analyzed the population genetic structure of Y…”
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