Rolling out Xpert MTB/RIF® for tuberculosis detection in HIV-positive populations: An opportunity for systems strengthening

Autor: Ishani Pathmanathan, Anand Date, William L. Coggin, John Nkengasong, Amy S. Piatek, Heather Alexander

Publikováno v: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp e1-e9 (2017)

Background: To eliminate preventable deaths, disease and suffering due to tuberculosis ,improved diagnostic capacity is critical. The Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF® assay is recommended by the World Health Organization as the initial diagnostic test for peo

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Realizing the '40 by 2022' Commitment From the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis: What Will It Take to Meet Rapid Diagnostic Testing Needs?

Autor: Kaiser C. Shen, William A. Wells, Charlotte Colvin, Amy S. Piatek

Publikováno v: Global Health: Science and Practice

Existing rapid diagnostics offer faster and more sensitive diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and simultaneous detection of multidrug-resistant TB. A 5-fold increase in investment in these tools is needed to meet the needs of the TB community and the Uni

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https://doi.org/10.9745/ghsp-d-19-00244

Rolling out Xpert MTB/RIF® for tuberculosis detection in HIV-positive populations: An opportunity for systems strengthening

Autor: Anand Date, William L. Coggin, Ishani Pathmanathan, John N. Nkengasong, Amy S. Piatek, Heather Alexander

Publikováno v: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp e1-e9 (2017)
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-9, Published: 2017

Background: To eliminate preventable deaths, disease and suffering due to tuberculosis ,improved diagnostic capacity is critical. The Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF® assay is recommended by the World Health Organization as the initial diagnostic test for peo

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https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v6i2.460

Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

Autor: Stephen D. Lawn, Timothy D. McHugh, Amy S. Piatek, Luis E. Cuevas, Ruth McNerney, Peter S. Kim, Marco Schito, Alimuddin Zumla, Matthew Bates, Ziad A. Memish, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Ibrahim Abubakar, Heather Alexander, Markus Maeurer, Michael Hoelscher, Peter Mwaba, Lynn S. Zijenah, Ben J. Marais, Nathan Kapata

Publikováno v: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 13:349-361

Rapid progress has been made in the development of new diagnostic assays for tuberculosis in recent years. New technologies have been developed and assessed, and are now being implemented. The Xpert MTB/RIF assay, which enables simultaneous detection

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70008-2

Opportunities and Challenges for Cost-Efficient Implementation of New Point-of-Care Diagnostics for HIV and Tuberculosis

Autor: Achilles Katamba, Ilesh V. Jani, David W. Dowdy, Marco Schito, Kara M. Palamountain, Amy S. Piatek, Sean Cavanaugh, William Coggin, Shaffiq Essajee, Eugen Ermantraut, Heather Alexander, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Trevor Peter, Gloria J. Young, Dennis Ellenberger

Publikováno v: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205:S169-S180

Stakeholders agree that supporting high-quality diagnostics is essential if we are to continue to make strides in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis. Despite the need to strengthen existing laboratory infrastructure

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https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis044