Essays about: "Tuberculosis diagnostics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Tuberculosis diagnostics.

1. 1. Population Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid for Optimization of the Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

   Author : Viktor Hansen; [2022]
   Keywords : tuberculosis; drug resistance; pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pop-pk; south africa; non linear mixed effects modelling; nlme;

   Abstract : Tuberculosis is one the leading causes of death globally and was before the COVID-19 pandemic the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Developing active tuberculosis is life threatening and therefore is the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis alarming as this risk causing current treatments to become ineffective. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluation of pretreatment methods for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded extrapulmonary tuberculosis tissue : Improvement of lab developed molecular diagnostics of Mycobacterium-complex

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Anna-Sara Schultz; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) disease is a world-wide spread disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis which affects a significant percentage of the world population. The disease is often localized in the lungs, but can further develop and spread to other organs and is then called extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). READ MORE

4. 3. Development of a Prototype GeneXpert Assay for Blood-Based Tuberculosis Case Finding

   University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

   Author : Kevin Siu; [2021]
   Keywords : GeneXpert assay; qPCR; Tuberculosis diagnostics; mRNA biomarkers; Active tuberculosis; Latent tuberculosis; Tuberculosis case finding; End-TB strategy;

   Abstract : En 10-plex GeneXpert analysmetod för diagnos av M. Tuberculosis infektion samt med kapacitet att särskilja aktiv och latent tuberkulos har utvecklats på Cepheid. Analysmetoden sker ex-vivo och kvantifierar uttryck av tuberkulos associerade mRNA biomarkörer i antigenstimulerat helblod. READ MORE

5. 4. Synthesis of gold nanoparticles for rapid genotyping of M. tuberculosis using rolling circle amplification and nanoflare technology

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för materialkemi

   Author : Susana García Mayo; [2017]
   Keywords : nanoparticles; AuNP; gold; tuberculosis; nanoflare; genotyping; RCA; ;

   Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with an incidence in a quarter of the world population. Despite the scientific and technological advances, an effective diagnostic method has not yet been found that allows an early diagnosis and, also, to detect the strain present in the patient. READ MORE

6. 5. Resistent tuberkulos : en zoonos bortom kontroll?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Ulrika Nordling; [2014]
   Keywords : Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; tuberkulos; läkemedelsresistens; zoonos; tuberculosis; drug resistance; zoonosis;

   Abstract : Omkring en tredjedel av världens befolkning tros vara bärare av tuberkulosbakterier och under 2012 beräknas 1,3 miljoner människor ha mist livet i sviterna av sjukdomen. Det gör tuberkulos till den infektionssjukdom som, näst efter AIDS, orsakar flest dödsfall bland människor. READ MORE