Something from nothing: Sensitivity and specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection

Autor: YT Ghebrekristos, N Beylis, CM Centner, R Venter, B Derendinger, H Tshivhula, S Naidoo, R Alberts, B Prins, A Tokota, T Dolby, FM Marx, SV Omar, R Warren, G Theron

BackgroundXpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, USA) is a widely-used rapid front-line TB and rifampicin susceptibility test. Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube 960 (MGIT960) culture is still used as an adjunct for tuberculosis (TB) and d

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Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research.

Autor: Broger T; Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Marx FM; Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Theron G; DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Marais BJ; The University of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Nicol MP; Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia., Kerkhoff AD; Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA; Center for Tuberculosis, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA., Nathavitharana R; Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA., Huerga H; Department of Epidemiology, Epicentre, Paris, France., Gupta-Wright A; Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Kohli M; FIND, Geneva, Switzerland., Nichols BE; FIND, Geneva, Switzerland., Muyoyeta M; Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia., Meintjes G; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa), Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Ruhwald M; FIND, Geneva, Switzerland., Peeling RW; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Pai NP; Department of Medicine, Centre for Outcomes Research & Evaluation, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Pollock NR; Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA., Pai M; McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Cattamanchi A; Center for Tuberculosis, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA., Dowdy DW; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA., Dewan P; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA., Denkinger CM; Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: claudia.denkinger@uni-heidelberg.de.

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Global health [Lancet Glob Health] 2024 Jul; Vol. 12 (7), pp. e1184-e1191.

Association between tuberculosis and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of women in Cape Town, South Africa.

Autor: Meehan SA; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa sueannm@sun.ac.za., Hesseling AC; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., von Delft A; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER), School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.; Health Intelligence Directorate, Department of Health and Wellness, Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa., Marx FM; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Hughes JA; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Bock P; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Banke-Thomas A; School of Human Sciences, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK.; Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Dunbar R; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Phelanyane F; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER), School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.; Health Intelligence Directorate, Department of Health and Wellness, Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa., Smith M; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER), School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.; Health Intelligence Directorate, Department of Health and Wellness, Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa., Osman M; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; School of Human Sciences, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK.

Publikováno v: BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2024 Feb 07; Vol. 14 (2), pp. e081209. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 07.

Reducing Initial Loss to Follow-up Among People With Bacteriologically Confirmed Tuberculosis: LINKEDin, a Quasi-experimental Study in South Africa.

Autor: Meehan SA; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Hesseling AC; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Boulle A; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Chetty J; Interactive Research and Development South Africa (IRD SA), Sandton, Johannesburg., Connell L; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dlamini-Miti NJ; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dunbar R; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Du Preez K; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., George G; Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.; Division of Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Lund, Sweden., Hoddinott G; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Jennings K; City of Cape Town Health Department, Cape Town, South Africa., Marx FM; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; Division of Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.; DSI-NRF South African Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Mudaly V; Department of Health and Wellness, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Naidoo P; Bill and Melinda gates Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa., Ndlovu N; Right to Care South Africa, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Ngozo J; Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health and Wellness, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Smith M; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Strauss M; Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Tanna G; Bill and Melinda gates Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa., Vanqa N; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., von Delft A; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Health and Wellness, Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa., Osman M; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.; School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK.

Publikováno v: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2023 Dec 18; Vol. 11 (1), pp. ofad648. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 18 (Print Publication: 2024).

Impact of interventions for tuberculosis prevention and care in South Africa - a systematic review of mathematical modelling studies.

Autor: Brown LK; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. laurenbrown@sun.ac.za., Van Schalkwyk C; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. laurenbrown@sun.ac.za., De Villiers AK; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. laurenbrown@sun.ac.za., Marx FM; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. laurenbrown@sun.ac.za.

Publikováno v: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2023 Mar 02; Vol. 113 (3), pp. 125-134. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 02.