4 research outputs found

    Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB.

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    BACKGROUND: New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in sputum has been demonstrated in proof-of-principle studies of the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) assay, in which broth cultures are examined microscopically to detect characteristic growth. METHODS: In an operational setting in Peru, we investigated the performance of the MODS assay for culture and drug-susceptibility testing in three target groups: unselected patients with suspected tuberculosis, prescreened patients at high risk for tuberculosis or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and unselected hospitalized patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. We compared the MODS assay head-to-head with two reference methods: automated mycobacterial culture and culture on Löwenstein-Jensen medium with the proportion method. RESULTS: Of 3760 sputum samples, 401 (10.7%) yielded cultures positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sensitivity of detection was 97.8% for MODS culture, 89.0% for automated mycobacterial culture, and 84.0% for Löwenstein-Jensen culture (P<0.001); the median time to culture positivity was 7 days, 13 days, and 26 days, respectively (P<0.001), and the median time to the results of susceptibility tests was 7 days, 22 days, and 68 days, respectively. The incremental benefit of a second MODS culture was minimal, particularly in patients at high risk for tuberculosis or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Agreement between MODS and the reference standard for susceptibility was 100% for rifampin, 97% for isoniazid, 99% for rifampin and isoniazid (combined results for multidrug resistance), 95% for ethambutol, and 92% for streptomycin (kappa values, 1.0, 0.89, 0.93, 0.71, and 0.72, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: A single MODS culture of a sputum sample offers more rapid and sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis than the existing gold-standard methods used

    La comunicación transmedia en Walac Noticias: caso Elvis Miranda - 2019

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    El presente trabajo de investigación analiza la narrativa transmedia o storytelling realizada por Walac Noticias en el caso Elvis Miranda. La narrativa transmedia es un relato que se expande a través de muchos medios y plataformas de comunicación. Logra que los usuarios cooperen y se conviertan en prosumidores (productores y consumidores) y se basa en la hipertextualidad para unir plataformas digitales y redes sociales pero en cada una aprovecha al máximo su potencial y características. El objetivo final es que el lector, al ingresar a un red o plataforma se interese por el tema y, utilizando los enlaces o links vaya a otra para encontrar un contenido adicional que le enriquezca en el conocimiento del tema. Si una empresa pública lo mismo en sus diversas redes y plataformas no aprovecha las potencialidades de las mismas y no realiza un buen uso de la narrativa transmedia. Elvis Miranda es un sub oficial de la Policía Nacional del Perú que fue encarcelado el 16 de enero de 2019 al ser acusado de homicidio simple por abatir a un supuesto delincuente durante una intervención policial el 13 de enero en Castilla, Piura. Parte de opinión pública considera que su accionar fue correcto pero otro grupo lo cuestiona. Él fue liberado el 13 de febrero del mismo año. Este caso presenta una historia que se puede desarrollar utilizando la narrativa transmedia. En esta investigación hemos querido conocer de qué manera se usó la comunicación transmedia. Los resultados evidencian que no utiliza adecuadamente las ventajas innatas de las Redes Sociales y Plataformas Digitales y, por ello, no utiliza el Storytelling de manera correcta.Tesi

    Prolonged infectiousness of tuberculosis patients in a directly observed therapy short-course program with standardized therapy.

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    BACKGROUND: Effective tuberculosis control is compromised by a lack of clarity about the timeframe of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis shedding after treatment initiation under programmatic conditions. This study quantifies time to conversion from smear and culture positivity to negativity in unselected tuberculosis patients receiving standardized therapy in a directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) program. METHODS: Longitudinal cohort study following up 93 adults initiating tuberculosis therapy in Lima, Peru. Baseline culture and drug susceptibility tests (DSTs) were performed using the MBBacT, proportion, and microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) methods. Smear microscopy and MODS liquid culture were performed at baseline and weekly for 4 weeks then every other week for 26 weeks. RESULTS: Median conversion time from culture positivity to culture negativity of 38.5 days was unaffected by baseline smear status. Patients with fully susceptible tuberculosis had a median time to culture conversion of 37 days; 10% remained culture positive at day 60. Delayed culture conversion was associated with multidrug resistance, regardless of DST method used; non-multidrug resistance as defined by the proportion method and MODS (but not MBBacT) was also associated with delay. Persistent day 60 smear positivity yielded positive and negative predictive values of 67% and 92%, respectively, for detecting multidrug resistance. CONCLUSIONS: Smear and culture conversion in treated tuberculosis patients takes longer than is conventionally believed, even with fully susceptible disease, and must be accounted for in tuberculosis treatment and prevention programs. Persistent day 60 smear positivity is a poor predictor of multidrug resistance. The industrialized-world convention of universal baseline DST for tuberculosis patients should become the standard of care in multidrug resistance-affected resource-limited settings

    Infrequent MODS TB culture cross-contamination in a high-burden resource-poor setting.

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    One obstacle to wider use of rapid liquid culture-based tuberculosis diagnostics such as the microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay is concern about cross-contamination. We investigated the rate of laboratory cross-contamination in MODS, automated MBBacT, and Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) cultures performed in parallel, through triangulation of microbiologic (reculturing stored samples), molecular (spoligotype/RFLP), and clinical epidemiologic data. At least 1 culture was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis for 362 (11%) of 3416 samples; 53 were regarded as potential cross-contamination suspects. Cross-contamination accounted for 17 false-positive cultures from 14 samples representing 0.41% (14/3416) and 0.17% (17/10248) of samples and cultures, respectively. Positive predictive values for MODS, MBBacT (bioMérieux, Durham, NC), and LJ were 99.1%, 98.7%, and 99.7%, and specificity was 99.9% for all 3. Low rates of cross-contamination are achievable in mycobacterial laboratories in resource-poor settings even when a large proportion of samples are infectious and highly sensitive liquid culture-based diagnostics such as MODS are used
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