Publications

Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis DNA in Buccal Swab Samples from Children in Lima, Peru.

Author(s): Flores JA, Calderon R, Mesman AW, Soto M, Coit J, Aliaga J, Mendoza M, Leon SR, Konda K, Mestanza FM, Mendoza CJ, Lecca L, Murray MB, Holmberg RC|Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J|PMID: 32675773| July 2020

We examined Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA detection from buccal swab samples collected from children in Lima, Peru. DNA was extracted and…

A Benchtop Automated Sputum-to-Genotype System Using a Lab-on-a-Film Assembly for Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Author(s): Kukhtin AV, Norville R, Bueno A, Qu P, Parrish N, Murray M, Chandler DP, Holmberg RC, Cooney CG|Journal: Anal Chem|PMID: 32142258| April 2020

Automated genotyping of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) directly from sputum is challenging for three primary reasons. First, the sample matrix,…