The use of Kudoh method for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum in The Gambia.
Tijan JobartehJacob OtuEnsa GittehFrancis S MendyTutty Isatou Faal-JawaraBoatema Ofori-AnyinamBinta SarrAbi Janet RileyAbigail AyorindeBouke Catherine de JongBeate KampmannFlorian GehreFlorian GehrePublished in: PloS one (2024)
The Kudoh method has comparable sensitivity to the NALC-NaOH method for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates. It is easy to perform and could be an add on option for mycobacterial culture in the field in The Gambia, since it requires less biosafety equipment.