Application of next generation sequencing for diagnosis and clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: updates on recent developments in the field

N Dookie, A Khan, N Padayatchi, K Naidoo - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization's End TB Strategy prioritizes universal access to an early
diagnosis and comprehensive drug susceptibility testing (DST) for all individuals with …

Delamanid or pretomanid? A Solomonic judgement!

SE Mudde, AM Upton, A Lenaerts, HI Bax… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Given the low treatment success rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), novel TB drugs are
urgently needed. The landscape of TB treatment has changed considerably over the last …

Transcontinental spread and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W148 European/Russian clade toward extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

M Merker, JP Rasigade, M Barbier, H Cox… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Transmission-driven multi-/extensively drug resistant (M/XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is the
largest single contributor to human mortality due to antimicrobial resistance. A few major …

[CARTE][B] Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their association with drug resistance

World Health Organization - 2023 - books.google.com
Page 1 Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their
association with drug resistance Second edition Page 2 Page 3 Catalogue of mutations in …

Ancient and recent differences in the intrinsic susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex to pretomanid

A Bateson, J Ortiz Canseco, TD McHugh… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To develop a robust phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) method
with a correctly set breakpoint for pretomanid (Pa), the most recently approved anti …

Baseline and acquired resistance to bedaquiline, linezolid and pretomanid, and impact on treatment outcomes in four tuberculosis clinical trials containing pretomanid

J Timm, A Bateson, P Solanki, A Paleckyte… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Bedaquiline (B), pretomanid (Pa) and linezolid (L) are key components of new regimens for
treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB). However, there is limited information on the …

Genetic diversity of candidate loci linked to Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to bedaquiline, delamanid and pretomanid

PJ Gómez-González, J Perdigao, P Gomes… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the deadliest infectious
diseases worldwide. Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant strains are making disease …

Tuberculosis drug discovery: Progression and future interventions in the wake of emerging resistance

S Perveen, D Kumari, K Singh, R Sharma - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of drug resistance continues to afflict TB control where drug resistant strains
have become a global health concern. Contrary to drug-sensitive TB, the treatment of …

Mechanism of Action, Resistance, Synergism, and Clinical Implications of Delamanid Against Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Khoshnood, E Taki, N Sadeghifard… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) remain a primary
global threat to the end of tuberculosis (TB) era. Delamanid (DLM) is a nitro-dihydro …

Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their association with drug resistance

NA Ismail, CM Nathanson, A Korobitsyn, M Zignol… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
A total of 1.6 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, and approximately 10.6 million
people developed active TB disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) …