Rapid genomic first- and second-line drug resistance prediction from clinical<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>specimens using Deeplex-MycTB
Silke Feuerriegel, Thomas A. Kohl, Christian Utpatel, Sönke Andres, Florian P. Maurer, Jan Heyckendorf, Agathe Jouet, Nelly Badalato, Lynda Foray, Rashidatu Fouad Kamara, Osman S. Conteh, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann
Abstract
<b>Targeted next generation sequencing using the Deeplex-MycTB assay can rapidly generate comprehensive drug resistance profiles from <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> complex cultures and directly from tuberculosis patient samples to guide personalised treatment</b>https://bit.ly/3dP1eIp
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisDrug resistanceMycobacterium tuberculosis complexDrugFirst lineMicrobiologyDNA sequencingVirologyPharmacologyInternal medicineGeneticsDNAPathologyBiologyTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMycobacterium research and diagnosisvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches