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| Title |
Rifampicin resistance mutations in the 81 bp RRDR of rpoB gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates using Xpert®MTB/RIF in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective study
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-14-481 |
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| Authors |
Gerald Mboowa, Carolyn Namaganda, Willy Ssengooba |
| Abstract |
Introduction of Xpert® MTB/RIF assay has revolutionalised the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) by simultaneously detecting the bacteria and resistance to rifampicin (rif), a surrogate marker for multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) as well as one of the principal first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. In general, rpoB mutations can be found in 96.1% of rif-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains worldwide and these mutations usually are located in a region at the 507-533rd amino acid residuals (81 bp) in the MTB rpoB gene, which is referred to as Rifampicin-resistance-determining region (RRDR). In this study, we determined the frequency of MDR-TB in Kampala using Xpert® MTB/RIF in comparison with the agar proportion method using Middlebrook 7H11and further determined the frequency of probes for different rpoB gene mutations using Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in the 81 bp RRDR. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Uganda | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 222 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 221 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 70 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 7% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 8% |
| Unknown | 75 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 97 | 44% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Unknown | 78 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 September 2014.
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#6,921,158
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#2,227
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#69,051
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#42
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