Rifampin Drug Resistance Tests for Tuberculosis: Challenging the Gold Standard

Rifampin Resistance Missed in Automated Liquid Culture System for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Specific rpoB Mutations

(2013) L. Rigouts et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sequence analysis for detection of first-line drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from a high-incidence setting

(2012) Silke Feuerriegel et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

An evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and detection of false-positive rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2012) Deborah A. Williamson et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Rapid molecular TB diagnosis: evidence, policy making and global implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF

(2012) Karin Weyer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Diagnosis of tuberculosis and drug resistance: what can new tools bring us? [State of the art series. New tools. Number 1 in the series]

(2012) F. Drobniewski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Extension of the intensive phase reduces relapse but not failure in a regimen with rifampicin throughout

(2012) K. J. M. Aung et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

False-positive rifampicin resistance on Xpert® MTB/RIF: case report and clinical implications [Technical note]

(2012) A. Van Rie et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting

(2011) Grant Theron et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Low-level rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains raise a new therapeutic challenge [Short communication]

(2011) J. van Ingen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Clinical failures associated with rpoB mutations in phenotypically occult multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) D. A. Williamson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

(2010) Catharina C. Boehme et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Performance Assessment of the GenoType MTBDRplus Test and DNA Sequencing in Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2009) W.-L. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Highly Discordant Rifampin Susceptibility Test Results

(2009) A. Van Deun et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome Analysis of Multi- and Extensively-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2009) Thomas R. Ioerger et al.   PLoS One

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Mutation Database

(2009) Andreas Sandgren et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens

(2008) Lies Durnez et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS