Improving diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis using the molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA)
W. Sabiiti, K. Azam, D. Kuchaka, B. Mtafya, R. E. Bowness, K. Oravcova, E. Farmer, I. Honeyborne, D. Evangelopoulos, T. D. McHugh, H. Xiao, C. Khosa, A. Rachow, N. Heinrich, E. Kampira, , S. H. Gillespie
This study evaluates the Molecular Bacterial Load assay (MBLA) for diagnosing and monitoring tuberculosis treatment response, finding it provides reliable, contamination-resistant results faster than traditional methods.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology