Antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanistic and evolutionary perspectives

SM Gygli, S Borrell, A Trauner… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are threatening progress in
containing the global tuberculosis epidemic. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is intrinsically …

Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues

CJ Meehan, GA Goig, TA Kohl, L Verboven… - NATURE reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has rapidly progressed
from a research tool to a clinical application for the diagnosis and management of …

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 …

Environmental and genetic modulation of the phenotypic expression of antibiotic resistance

D Hughes, DI Andersson - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance can be acquired by mutation or horizontal transfer of a resistance gene,
and generally an acquired mechanism results in a predictable increase in phenotypic …

The molecular clock of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Menardo, S Duchêne, D Brites, S Gagneux - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The molecular clock and its phylogenetic applications to genomic data have changed how
we study and understand one of the major human pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Deciphering drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using whole-genome sequencing: progress, promise, and challenges

KA Cohen, AL Manson, CA Desjardins, T Abeel… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global infectious threat that is intensified by an increasing incidence of
highly drug-resistant disease. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) studies of Mycobacterium …

Beyond the SNP threshold: identifying outbreak clusters using inferred transmissions

J Stimson, J Gardy, B Mathema, V Crudu… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is increasingly used to aid the understanding of
pathogen transmission. A first step in analyzing WGS data is usually to define “transmission …

The relationship between transmission time and clustering methods in Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology

CJ Meehan, P Moris, TA Kohl, J Pečerska, S Akter… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Tracking recent transmission is a vital part of controlling widespread pathogens
such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Multiple methods with specific performance …

High-resolution map** of tuberculosis transmission: Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic modelling of a cohort from Valencia Region, Spain

Y Xu, I Cancino-Muñoz, M Torres-Puente… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Whole genome sequencing provides better delineation of transmission clusters
in Mycobacterium tuberculosis than traditional methods. However, its ability to reveal …

Comprehensive whole-genome sequencing and reporting of drug resistance profiles on clinical cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York State

J Shea, TA Halse, P Lapierre, M Shudt… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is a newer alternative for tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics
and is capable of providing rapid drug resistance profiles while performing species …