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March 2021
1. BOGAERTS B, Delcourt T, Soetaert K, Boarbi S, et al
   A bioinformatics WGS workflow for clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolate analysis, validated using a reference collection extensively characterized with conventional methods and in silico approaches.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Mar 31. pii: JCM.00202-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00202.
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2. ORESKOVIC A, Panpradist N, Marangu D, Ngwane MW, et al
   Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis using sequence-specific purification of urine cell-free DNA.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Mar 31. pii: JCM.00074-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00074.
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   February 2021
3. KOSER CU, Georghiou SB, Schon T, Salfinger M, et al
   On the consequences of poorly defined breakpoints for rifampin susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Feb 10. pii: JCM.02328-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02328.
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4. MBELELE PM, Mpolya EA, Sauli E, Mtafya B, et al
   Mycobactericidal effect of different regimens measured by molecular bacterial load assay among people treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Tanzania.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Feb 3. pii: JCM.02927-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02927.
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   December 2020
5. CAO Y, Parmar H, Gaur RL, Lieu D, et al
   Xpert MTB/XDR: A ten-color reflex assay suitable for point of care settings to detect isoniazid-, fluoroquinolone-, and second-line injectable drug-resistance directly from Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive sputum.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Dec 9. pii: JCM.02314-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02314.
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6. DE VOS M, Scott L, David A, Trollip A, et al
   Comparative analytical evaluation of four centralized platforms for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex and resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Dec 2. pii: JCM.02168-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02168.
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   November 2020
7. LORENTE-LEAL V, Liandris E, Pacciarini M, Botelho A, et al
   Direct PCR on tissue samples to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: an alternative to the bacteriological culture.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Nov 25. pii: JCM.01404-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01404.
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8. HE Y, Lyon CJ, Nguyen DT, Liu C, et al
   Serum-based Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis by Assay of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Factors: a retrospective cohort study.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Nov 25. pii: JCM.01756-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01756.
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9. LIU HC, Gao YL, Li DF, Zhao XY, et al
   Value of Xpert MTB/RIF Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
   J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Nov 11. pii: JCM.02170-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02170.
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   October 2020
10. MEYER AJ, Ochom E, Turimumahoro P, Byanyima P, et al
    C-Reactive Protein for Active Tuberculosis Among Inpatients without HIV in Uganda: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Oct 21. pii: JCM.02162-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02162.
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11. SMITH C, Halse TA, Shea J, Modestil H, et al
    Assessing Nanopore sequencing for clinical diagnostics: A comparison of NGS methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Oct 14. pii: JCM.00583-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00583.
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    September 2020
12. SHEA J, Halse TA, Kohlerschmidt D, Lapierre P, et al
    Low-level rifampin resistance and rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An analysis of whole-genome sequencing and drug susceptibility test data in New York.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: JCM.01885-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01885.
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13. BATTAGLIA S, Spitaleri A, Cabibbe AM, Meehan CJ, et al
    Characterization of genomic variants associated with resistance to bedaquiline and delamanid in naive Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Sep 9. pii: JCM.01304-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01304.
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    August 2020
14. CATANZARO DG, Colman RE, Linger Y, Georghiou SB, et al
    Laboratory evaluation of a lateral-flow cell for molecular detection of first-line and second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Aug 19. pii: JCM.01417-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01417.
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15. MACLEAN E, Kohli M, Weber SF, Suresh A, et al
    Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Aug 5. pii: JCM.01582-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01582.
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    July 2020
16. ESMAIL A, Pooran A, Sabur NF, Fadul M, et al
    An optimal diagnostic strategy for tuberculosis in hospitalized HIV-Infected patients using Xpert and LAM.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 29. pii: JCM.01032-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01032.
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17. CABIBBE AM, Spitaleri A, Battaglia S, Colman RE, et al
    Application of targeted Next Generation Sequencing assay on a portable sequencing platform for culture-free detection of drug resistant tuberculosis from clinical samples.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 29. pii: JCM.00632-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00632.
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18. BLAUENFELDT T, Villar-Hernandez R, Garcia-Garcia E, Latorre I, et al
    Diagnostic accuracy of IP-10 mRNA release assay for tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 22. pii: JCM.00848-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00848.
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    June 2020
19. SUN L, Zhu Y, Fang M, Shi Y, et al
    Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis: a multicenter accuracy study.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jun 10. pii: JCM.00702-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00702.
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20. SSENGOOBA W, de Dieu Iragena J, Nakiyingi L, Mujumbi S, et al
    Accuracy of Xpert Ultra in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among children in Uganda: a sub-study from the SHINE trial.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jun 3. pii: JCM.00410-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00410.
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    April 2020
21. HU X, Liao S, Bai H, Gupta S, et al
    LncRNA and predictive model to improve the diagnosis of clinically diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Apr 15. pii: JCM.01973-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01973.
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22. MEHAFFY C, Kruh-Garcia NA, Graham B, Jarlsberg LG, et al
    Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptides in serum extracellular vesicles from persons with latent tuberculosis infection.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Apr 3. pii: JCM.00393-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00393.
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    March 2020
23. BUONSENSO D, Delogu G, Perricone C, Grossi R, et al
    Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold-PLUS Test for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Children.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Mar 30. pii: JCM.00272-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00272.
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    February 2020
24. BUDVYTIENE I, Banaei N
    Simple Processing of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue for Accurate Testing with the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58.
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25. DE MAERTELAERE E, Vandendriessche S, Verhasselt B, Coorevits L, et al
    Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB(R) Gold Plus on LIAISON(R) XL in a low tuberculosis incidence setting.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Feb 5. pii: JCM.00159-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00159.
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26. FRANCO SOTOMAYOR G, Rivera-Olivero IA, Leon-Benitez M, Uruchima-Campoverde SE, et al
    Fast, simple and cheap: the Kudoh-Ogawa swab method as an alternative to the Petroff-Lowenstein Jensen method for the culturing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Feb 5. pii: JCM.01424-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01424.
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    January 2020
27. XIAO G, He X, Zhang S, Liu Y, et al
    Cas12a/Guide RNA-Based Platform for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Major Mycobacterium Species.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58.
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28. WON D, Park JY, Kim HS, Park Y, et al
    Comparative results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays for tuberculosis diagnosis of clinical samples.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jan 22. pii: JCM.01854-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01854.
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29. O'CONNOR JA, Corcoran GD, O'Reilly B, O'Mahony J, et al
    MALDI-tof MS for the investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex outbreaks: a type dream?
    J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jan 15. pii: JCM.02077-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02077.
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    October 2019
30. WEINRICK B
    Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rifampin Resistance Associated Mutations Using Data From Xpert(R) MTB/RIF Ultra Enables Large-Scale Tuberculosis Molecular Epidemiology Studies.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Oct 23. pii: JCM.01504-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01504.
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31. LISBOA VDC, Ribeiro-Alves M, Correa RDS, Lopes IR, et al
    The predominance of Th1 Immune Response in Pleural Effusion of Patients with Tuberculosis Among Other Exudative Etiologies.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Oct 16. pii: JCM.00927-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00927.
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    September 2019
32. CAO Y, Parmar H, Simmons AM, Kale D, et al
    Automatic identification of individual rpoB gene mutations responsible for rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using melting temperature signatures generated by the Xpert(R) MTB/RIF Ultra* assay.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Sep 18. pii: JCM.00907-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00907.
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33. KWEON OJ, Lim YK, Kim HR, Kim TH, et al
    Evaluation of STANDARD E TB-Feron ELISA for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Sep 18. pii: JCM.01347-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01347.
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34. SULE P, Tilvawala R, Mustapha T, Hassounah H, et al
    Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnosis Using Reporter Enzyme Fluorescence (REF).
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Sep 11. pii: JCM.01462-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01462.
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    August 2019
35. VENKATAPPA TK, Punnoose R, Katz DJ, Higgins MP, et al
    Comparing QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with other tests to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Aug 28. pii: JCM.00985-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00985.
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36. NG KCS, Supply P, Cobelens FGJ, Gaudin C, et al
    How well do routine molecular diagnostics detect rifampicin heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Aug 14. pii: JCM.00717-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00717.
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37. LOMBARDI G, Pellegrino MT, Denicolo A, Corsini I, et al
    Quantiferon-TB performs better in children, including infants, than in adults with active tuberculosis: a multicentre study.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Aug 7. pii: JCM.01048-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01048.
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    July 2019
38. GAO X, Guo X, Li M, Jia H, et al
    Interleukin 8 (IL-8) and Pentaxin (CRP) as Potential New Biomarkers of Bovine Tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jul 24. pii: JCM.00274-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00274.
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39. MELDAU R, Randall P, Pooran A, Limberis J, et al
    Same day tools, including Xpert Ultra and unstimulated IFN-gamma, for the rapid diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis - a prospective observational study.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jul 3. pii: JCM.00614-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00614.
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    June 2019
40. ALCAIDE F, Trastoy R, Moure R, Gonzalez-Bardanca M, et al
    <<Multiplex Real time PCR-shortTUB assay for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in smear-negative clinical samples with low mycobacterial loads>>.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 12. pii: JCM.00733-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00733.
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41. TAM KK, Leung KS, Siu GK, Chang KC, et al
    Direct detection of pyrazinamide resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using pncA PCR Sequencing.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 12. pii: JCM.00145-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00145.
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42. VAN LEEUWEN LM, Versteegen P, Zaharie SD, van Elsland SL, et al
    Bacterial genotyping of CNS tuberculosis in South Africa: heterogenic M. tuberculosis infection and predominance of lineage 4.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 12. pii: JCM.00415-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00415.
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43. SIDDIQI OK, Birbeck GL, Ghebremichael M, Mubanga E, et al
    A Prospective Cohort Study on the Performance of CSF Xpert MTB/RIF, CSF and Urine LAM Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in Zambia.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 12. pii: JCM.00652-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00652.
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    May 2019
44. SANOUSSI CN, de Jong BC, Affolabi D, Meehan CJ, et al
    Storage of sputum in cetylpyridinium chloride, OMNIgeneSPUTUM and ethanol is compatible with molecular tuberculosis diagnostic testing.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 May 15. pii: JCM.00275-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00275.
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45. SHITIKOV E, Vyazovaya A, Malakhova M, Guliaev A, et al
    Simple assay to detect Central Asia Outbreak clade of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 May 1. pii: JCM.00215-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00215.
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    April 2019
46. MTAFYA B, Sabiiti W, Sabi I, John J, et al
    Molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA) concurs with culture on the NaOH-induced Mycobacterium tuberculosis loss of viability.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Apr 24. pii: JCM.01992-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01992.
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47. MACLEAN E, Sulis G, Denkinger CM, Johnston JC, et al
    Diagnostic accuracy of stool Xpert MTB/RIF for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Apr 3. pii: JCM.02057-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02057.
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48. CHIN JH, Musubire AK, Morgan N, Pellinen J, et al
    Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Apr 3. pii: JCM.00249-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00249.
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49. JONES RC, Harris LG, Morgan S, Ruddy MC, et al
    Phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Wales using core genome MLST to analyse whole genome sequencing data.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Apr 3. pii: JCM.02025-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02025.
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50. PORMOHAMMAD A, Nasiri MJ, McHugh TD, Riahi SM, et al
    A systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests in cerebrospinal fluid for tuberculous meningitis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Apr 3. pii: JCM.01113-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01113.
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    February 2019
51. PARK JH, Jin CE, Koo B, Kwon J, et al
    A simple microfluidic assay for diagnosing tuberculous meningitis in HIV-uninfected patients.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Feb 27. pii: JCM.01975-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01975.
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52. SABIITI W, Azam K, Esmeraldo E, Bhatt N, et al
    Heat-inactivation renders sputum safe and preserves Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA for downstream molecular tests.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Feb 6. pii: JCM.01778-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01778.
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    January 2019
53. HU P, Zhang H, Fleming J, Zhu G, et al
    Retrospective analysis of false-positive and disputed rifampin resistance Xpert MTB/RIF assay results in clinical samples from a referral hospital in Hunan, China.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jan 23. pii: JCM.01707-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01707.
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54. HOGAN CA, Tien S, Pai M, Banaei N, et al
    Higher Positivity Rate with Fourth-Generation QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Assay in Low-Risk U.S. Health Care Workers.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019;57.
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55. XU Y, Liang B, Du C, Tian X, et al
    Rapid Identification of Clinically Relevant Mycobacterium Species by Multicolor Melting Curve Analysis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2019;57.
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    December 2018
56. OPOTA O, Zakham F, Mazza-Stalder J, Nicod L, et al
    Added-value of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a low prevalence setting.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Dec 12. pii: JCM.01717-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01717.
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57. LUABEYA AK, Wood RC, Shenje J, Filander E, et al
    NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF TUBERCULOSIS BY ORAL SWAB ANALYSIS.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Dec 12. pii: JCM.01847-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01847.
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    November 2018
58. ALCANTARA R, Fuentes P, Antiparra R, Santos M, et al
    MODS-Wayne: A colorimetric adaptation of the MODS assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamide resistance from sputum samples.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 14. pii: JCM.01162-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01162.
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59. VAZIRI F, Kohl TA, Ghajavand H, Kargarpour Kamakoli M, et al
    The genetic diversity of multi and extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the capital of Iran revealed by whole genome sequencing.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 7. pii: JCM.01477-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01477.
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60. FERNANDEZ-CARBALLO BL, Broger T, Wyss R, Banaei N, et al
    Towards the development of a cfDNA-based in-vitro diagnostic test for infectious diseases: A review of evidence for tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 7. pii: JCM.01234-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01234.
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    October 2018
61. BERHANU RH, David A, da Silva P, Shearer K, et al
    Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF, Xpert Ultra, and Abbott Real Time MTB for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV burden setting.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Oct 10. pii: JCM.00560-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00560.
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    September 2018
62. SIGAL GB, Pinter A, Lowary TL, Kawasaki M, et al
    A novel sensitive immunoassay targeting the MTX-Lipoarabinomannan epitope meets the WHO's performance target for Tuberculosis diagnosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Sep 26. pii: JCM.01338-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01338.
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63. WYLLIE DH, Robinson E, Peto T, Crook DW, et al
    Identifying mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and laboratory cross-contamination during Mycobacterial sequencing programs.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Sep 12. pii: JCM.00923-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00923.
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    August 2018
64. ROOF I, Jajou R, Kamst M, Mulder A, et al
    Prevalence and characterization of heterogeneous VNTR clusters comprising drug susceptible and/or variable resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the Netherlands from 2004-2016.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug 29. pii: JCM.00887-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00887.
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65. RYU MR, Park MS, Cho EH, Jung CW, et al
    Comparative Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Immunocompromised Patients.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug 22. pii: JCM.00438-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00438.
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66. LOUKIL A, Kirtania P, Bedotto M, Drancourt M, et al
    FISHing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using a rpoB DNA probe bait.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug 1. pii: JCM.00568-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00568.
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67. FENG JY, Pan SW, Huang SF, Chen YY, et al
    Depressed interferon-gamma responses and treatment outcomes in tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug 1. pii: JCM.00664-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00664.
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    July 2018
68. LOUKIL A, Darriet-Giudicelli F, Eldin C, Drancourt M, et al
    Pulmonary tuberculosis conversion documented by microscopic DDD staining.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 25. pii: JCM.01108-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01108.
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69. WALTERS E, Scott L, Nabeta P, Demers AM, et al
    Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from stool in young children using a novel centrifugation-free processing method.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 11. pii: JCM.00781-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00781.
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70. DE VOS M, Derendinger B, Dolby T, Simpson J, et al
    Diagnostic accuracy and utility of a new molecular assay for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: FluoroType MTBDR.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 5. pii: JCM.00531-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00531.
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    June 2018
71. PEREZ-RISCO D, Rodriguez-Temporal D, Valledor-Sanchez I, Alcaide F, et al
    Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Extrapulmonary Samples.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jun 27. pii: JCM.00659-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00659.
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72. ZENG X, Xu Y, Zhou Y, Li H, et al
    McSpoligotyping, a one-step melting curve analysis-based protocol for spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jun 6. pii: JCM.00539-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00539.
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73. WYLLIE DH, Sanderson N, Myers R, Peto T, et al
    Control of artefactual variation in reported inter-sample relatedness during clinical use of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis sequencing pipeline.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jun 6. pii: JCM.00104-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00104.
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    May 2018
74. DOYLE RM, Burgess C, Williams R, Gorton R, et al
    Direct whole genome sequencing of sputum accurately identifies drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis faster than MGIT culture sequencing.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 May 30. pii: JCM.00666-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00666.
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75. CHIEN JY, Chiang HT, Lu MC, Ko WC, et al
    Quantiferon-TB Gold Plus is a More Sensitive Screening Tool than Quantiferon-TB Gold In-Tube for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facility.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 May 23. pii: JCM.00427-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00427.
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76. BLAKISTON M, Chiu W, Wong C, Morpeth S, et al
    Diagnostic performance of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (pfADA) for Tuberculous pleural effusion in a low incidence setting.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2018 May 23. pii: JCM.00258-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00258.
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77. THEEL ES, Hilgart H, Breen-Lyles M, McCoy K, et al
    Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Interferon-gamma Release Assays in Patients at Risk for Tuberculosis and in Healthcare Workers.
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