Heightened Microbial Translocation Is a Prognostic Biomarker of Recurrent Tuberculosis.

Nathella Pavan KumarKadar MoideenVijay ViswanathanShanmugam SivakumarShaik Fayaz AhamedC PonnurajaSyed HissarHardy KornfeldSubash Babu

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Recurrence following microbiological cure in PTB is characterized by heightened baseline microbial translocation. These markers can be used as a rapid prognostic tool for predicting recurrence in PTB.

Keyphrases

microbial community
free survival
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
loop mediated isothermal amplification
drug induced
sensitive detection