New tools and emerging technologies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: Part II. Active tuberculosis and drug resistance

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2003 • 600 citations

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1993 • 428 citations

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2003 • 372 citations

Rapid, Efficient Detection and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Microscopic Observation of Broth Cultures

2000 • 279 citations

A commercial line probe assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2005 • 245 citations

Nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2004 • 243 citations

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

2006 • 214 citations

Genotypic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Two Distinct Populations Using Molecular Beacons: Implications for Rapid Susceptibility Testing

2000 • 213 citations

Use of the Genotype MTBDR Assay for Rapid Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates

2005 • 209 citations

Properties of proteins MPB64, MPB70, and MPB80 of Mycobacterium bovis BCG

1986 • 200 citations

Assessment by Meta-Analysis of PCR for Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

2003 • 192 citations

In-house nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens: meta-analysis and meta-regression

2005 • 183 citations

Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Single Tube with Molecular Beacons

2001 • 180 citations

Rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: what is the appropriate use? American Thoracic Society Workshop.

1997 • 179 citations

Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus

2005 • 168 citations

Detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan with an antigen-capture ELISA in unprocessed urine of Tanzanian patients with suspected tuberculosis

2005 • 161 citations

The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

2005 • 159 citations

Evaluation of a new rapid bacteriophage-based method for the drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1997 • 158 citations

New tools for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: the perspective of developing countries.

1998 • 155 citations

Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay, a Rapid, Reliable Diagnostic Test for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Suitable for Use in Resource-Poor Settings

2004 • 155 citations

Immunologic diagnosis of tuberculosis: a review

2000 • 151 citations

Relevance of Commercial Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Samples

2003 • 142 citations

Progress towards improved tuberculosis diagnostics for developing countries

2006 • 131 citations

Comparison of Two Commercially Available DNA Line Probe Assays for Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2006 • 122 citations

Serological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

1964 • 116 citations

Antibody Profiles Characteristic ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection State

2005 • 109 citations

Immunologic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

2000 • 102 citations

Rapid Film-Based Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Using a Luciferase Reporter Phage and the Bronx Box

1999 • 99 citations

Bacteriophage-based assays for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a meta-analysis

2005 • 95 citations

Bacteriophage- based tests for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens: a systematic review and meta- analysis

2005 • 82 citations

Development of Antigen Detection Assay for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Using Sputum Samples

2000 • 81 citations

Rapid Detection of Isoniazid and Rifampin Resistance Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex from Cultures or Smear-Positive Sputa by Use of Molecular Beacons

2004 • 67 citations

Antibody and Antigen Detection for the Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: Why Not? What More is Needed? Where Do We Stand Today?

1988 • 55 citations

Photographic and Luminometric Detection of Luciferase Reporter Phages for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates

2003 • 55 citations

MPB64 mycobacterial antigen: a new skin-test reagent through patch method for rapid diagnosis of active tuberculosis.

1998 • 46 citations

Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from India and Mexico by a Molecular Beacon Assay

2004 • 46 citations

Detection of Active Tuberculosis by an MPB-64 Transdermal Patch: A Field Study

2001 • 38 citations

Evaluation of a new automated, rapid, colorimetric culture system using solid medium for laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis and determination of anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility.

2004 • 29 citations

Diagnosis of MDR-TB: a developing world problem on a developed world budget

2002 • 16 citations

Design and optimization of a recombinant system for large-scale production of the MPT64 antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2005 • 11 citations

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