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Emerging and re-emerging viral exanthems among children: what a physician should know. 儿童中新出现和再次出现的病毒性外感:医生须知。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae087
Anuradha Bishnoi, Apoorva Sharma, Hitaishi Mehta, Keshavamurthy Vinay
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Ocular outcomes of toxoplasmosis in the Amazon-Cerrado transition zone, Brazil: a population-based study. 巴西亚马逊-塞拉多过渡区弓形虫病的眼部后果:一项基于人群的研究。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae078
Ana Paula Salamoni, Kelly Clair de Moura da Costa, Fernanda R Giachini, Alecsander F Bressan
{"title":"Ocular outcomes of toxoplasmosis in the Amazon-Cerrado transition zone, Brazil: a population-based study.","authors":"Ana Paula Salamoni, Kelly Clair de Moura da Costa, Fernanda R Giachini, Alecsander F Bressan","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Eye damage represents one of the gravest outcomes of toxoplasmosis, potentially leading to varying degrees of vision impairment, up to and including blindness. Monitoring ophthalmological indicators in individuals affected by toxoplasmosis, alongside understanding its impact on visual acuity, can motivate the scientific community to advocate for strategies to prevent vision loss associated with toxoplasmosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a retrospective study analysing medical records and clinical documentation from patients at an ophthalmological clinic in a city located at the intersection of the Cerrado and Amazon Forest biomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was noted that >20% of patients exhibited visual acuity ≤20/200, a condition medically recognized as blindness for the affected eye. Our study highlights a significant portion of individuals experiencing lasting visual impairments due to toxoplasmosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings remain obscured by the existing national guidelines, which only mandate reporting for congenital and gestational toxoplasmosis cases, thereby overlooking sporadic manifestations and their consequential effects. The effort to identify ophthalmologic consequences is crucial both for personalized clinical care and for shaping national guidelines for managing toxoplasmosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Scleromalacia perforans: a rare and sight-threatening complication of chronic erythema nodosum leprosum. 硬膜穿孔症:慢性结节性红斑麻风病的一种罕见且危及视力的并发症。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae080
Kittu Malhi, Vinod Hanumanthu, Sukhdeep Singh, Anuradha Bishnoi, Debajyoti Chatterjee, Reema Bansal, Sunil Dogra, Tarun Narang
{"title":"Scleromalacia perforans: a rare and sight-threatening complication of chronic erythema nodosum leprosum.","authors":"Kittu Malhi, Vinod Hanumanthu, Sukhdeep Singh, Anuradha Bishnoi, Debajyoti Chatterjee, Reema Bansal, Sunil Dogra, Tarun Narang","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in a poor urban setting in Ghana: a hospital-based cross-sectional study. 加纳城市贫困地区艾滋病病毒感染者坚持抗逆转录病毒治疗的决定因素:一项基于医院的横断面研究。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae091
Evelyn Adjei-Mensah, Yakubu Alhassan, Richmond Owusu, Irene A Kretchy
{"title":"Determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in a poor urban setting in Ghana: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.","authors":"Evelyn Adjei-Mensah, Yakubu Alhassan, Richmond Owusu, Irene A Kretchy","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Without a cure, antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to be the primary mode of managing HIV, transforming it from a formerly lethal disease to a less severe one. Adherence to ART can be impacted by several factors, including poor quality of care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative cross-sectional study design was used to assess the factors that influence adherence to ART among adults receiving care at two health facilities in Accra. A structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on factors associated with medication adherence using a modified four-item Medication Adherence Rating from 255 people living with HIV (PLHIV). Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the data, while multiple binary logistic regression was used to assess the factors influencing adherence to ART.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adherence to HIV medication was 44.7% among PLHIV. Adherence was positively correlated with high client health service satisfaction (adjusted OR [AOR]: 26.59, 95% CI 7.46 to 94.82, p<0.001), increased privacy at the HIV clinics (AOR: 3.40, 95% CI 1.40 to 8.21, p<0.007) and among PLHIV who had been diagnosed with HIV for ≥5 y (AOR: 7.59, 95% CI 2.76 to 20.85, p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adherence to ART was significantly low among study participants. The study highlights the importance of maintaining privacy and confidentiality at the facility while ensuring client satisfaction with HIV care to promote adherence to ART.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, treatment outcomes and associated factors among adult patients treated at public hospitals in the Harari Region of Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional study. 埃塞俄比亚哈拉里地区公立医院成人血吸虫病患者的肝脾血吸虫病、治疗效果及相关因素:回顾性横断面研究。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae088
Derara Kumela, Aliyi Ahmed, Ame Mehadi, Fenta Wondimneh, Mohammed Ahmed, Ahmednajash Yusuf, Fitsum Weldegebreal
{"title":"Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, treatment outcomes and associated factors among adult patients treated at public hospitals in the Harari Region of Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional study.","authors":"Derara Kumela, Aliyi Ahmed, Ame Mehadi, Fenta Wondimneh, Mohammed Ahmed, Ahmednajash Yusuf, Fitsum Weldegebreal","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases that pose a significant burden in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine clinical patterns, outcomes and factors associated with HSS in the Harari Region of Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An institutional-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 93 adult patients diagnosed with HSS at public hospitals in the Harari Region from December 2018 to November 2022. Data were extracted from medical records using a standardized data extraction tool. EpiData version 4.2 and SPSS version 26.0 were used for data entry and analysis. Fisher's exact test was used to identify the association between dependent and independent variables, and statistical significance was declared at p<0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the current study, HSS-related mortality was recorded in 7.5% of patients. Recurrent episodes of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding (p=0.04), hypotension (p=0.02), altered mental status at admission (p=0.009) and antibiotic use for the treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (p=0.04) were significant factors associated with HSS-related mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study found that treatment outcomes of HSS patients were strongly associated with recurrent upper GI bleeding, hypotension, altered mental status and antibiotic use for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis treatment. The use of antibiotics for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis treatment was strongly associated with the treatment outcome of patients with HSS and was unique to our study. Adequate recording of patient data, improving chart keeping, integration of preventive and curative programs, improvement of the diagnostic tools, comprehensive treatment guidelines, early diagnosis and treatment are strongly recommended. Rigorous prospective studies that can fully reflect cause-and-effect relationships are crucial to fill fundamental evidence gaps.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pulmonary melioidosis mimicking lung cancer: a diagnostic challenge. 模仿肺癌的肺梅里埃病:诊断难题。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae089
Xiaohong Yang, Zhuopeng Ying, Yuefu Zhan, Jianqiang Chen
{"title":"Pulmonary melioidosis mimicking lung cancer: a diagnostic challenge.","authors":"Xiaohong Yang, Zhuopeng Ying, Yuefu Zhan, Jianqiang Chen","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The overlapping clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary melioidosis and lung cancer present diagnostic challenges to healthcare providers in endemic settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We compared the clinical, laboratory and imaging characteristics of 19 pulmonary melioidosis cases with those of 15 cases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and 17 cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with SCLC/NSCLC cases, those with pulmonary melioidosis were more likely to have diabetes, have fever, neutrophilia and leukocytosis on presentation (p<0.05). While certain CT imaging features were shared between pulmonary melioidosis and SCLC ('frozen mediastinum sign', 'vascular encasement sign'), extensive liquefactive necrosis, uneven ring-enhancement, circular lesions and 'air-bubble' signs were more commonly seen in pulmonary melioidosis cases than in those with SCLC/NSCLC (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the similarities in presentation of pulmonary melioidosis, SCLC and NSCLC, several clinical, laboratory and imaging factors may help delineate these diagnoses and improve patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes. 对机构的信任会影响疫苗接种活动的结果。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae048
David Leblang, Michael D Smith, Dennis Wesselbaum
{"title":"Trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes.","authors":"David Leblang, Michael D Smith, Dennis Wesselbaum","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/trstmh/trae048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trust is an important driver of various outcomes, but little is known about whether trust in institutions affects actual vaccination campaign outcomes rather than only beliefs and intentions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used nationally representative, individual-level data for 114 countries and combined them with data on vaccination policies and rates. We measured the speed of the vaccination campaign for each country using the estimated growth rate of a Gompertz curve. We then performed country-level regressions in the global sample and explored heterogeneity across World Bank development groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Globally, higher trust in institutions significantly increased vaccination rates (p<0.01) and vaccination speed (p<0.01). The effect was strong in low- and middle-income countries but statistically not significant in high-income countries.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings have implications for the design of vaccination campaigns for national governments and international organizations. The findings highlight the importance of trust in institutions when designing communication strategies around vaccination campaigns in low- and middle-income countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":"720-728"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11532736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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High mitochondrial gene diversity of Pediculus humanus capitis among children in northern Iran. 伊朗北部儿童人头癣的线粒体基因多样性较高。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae040
Fayaz Mirzajanzadeh, Mohsen Karami, Tahmineh Gorgani-Firouzjaee, Rahman Babapour, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Mohamad Jalilnavaz-Novin
{"title":"High mitochondrial gene diversity of Pediculus humanus capitis among children in northern Iran.","authors":"Fayaz Mirzajanzadeh, Mohsen Karami, Tahmineh Gorgani-Firouzjaee, Rahman Babapour, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Mohamad Jalilnavaz-Novin","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/trstmh/trae040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, is an obligate ectoparasite and its infestation remains a major public health issue worldwide. Determining the genetic characteristics of the existing clades is essential to identify the population structure and to develop head lice-control programs. Hence, we aimed to investigate the genetic diversity of head lice among infested individuals in northern Iran.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adult head lice were collected from 100 infested individuals referring to the health centers throughout five geographical regions in Mazandaran Province, Iran. Partial fragments of the mitochondrial cytb gene were amplified by PCR, then consequently sequenced.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the phylogenetic tree of collected head lice confirmed the existence of two clades, A and B, in the studied areas. Thirteen haplotypes were detected in the studied populations, of which 11 were novel haplotypes. Clade A was the dominant form and accounted for 75% of samples, while clade B included the rest. Haplotype and nucleotide diversity were 0.999 and 0.0411, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clade A and B of Pediculus humanus capitis exist among the human populations of northern Iran. We observed high genotypic diversity of this head lice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":"752-759"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Insecticide-treated bednets and chemoprophylaxis reduce malaria mortality and parasite prevalence. 驱虫蚊帐和化学预防可降低疟疾死亡率和寄生虫感染率。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae090
Thomas J Peto
{"title":"Insecticide-treated bednets and chemoprophylaxis reduce malaria mortality and parasite prevalence.","authors":"Thomas J Peto","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This commentary discusses an influential study from 1993 that demonstrated, among West African children, an overall mortality benefit of insecticide-impregnated bednets, and the reduction of malaria prevalence by chemoprophylaxis. Led by Brian Greenwood and colleagues in The Gambia, the trial also showed these tools to be affordable and practicable. In the years since, >2 billion bednets have been provided to high-risk populations and have contributed greatly to reductions in malaria-attributable mortality. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention now protects 50 million African children annually. Few interventions in tropical medicine have achieved such an impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The performance and costs of XTT, resazurin, MTS and luciferin as viability dyes in in vitro susceptibility testing of Madurella mycetomatis. XTT、resazurin、MTS 和荧光素作为活力染料在霉菌体外药敏试验中的性能和成本。
IF 1.9 4区 医学
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae030
Jingyi Ma, Kimberly Eadie, Ahmed Fahal, Annelies Verbon, Wendy W J van de Sande
{"title":"The performance and costs of XTT, resazurin, MTS and luciferin as viability dyes in in vitro susceptibility testing of Madurella mycetomatis.","authors":"Jingyi Ma, Kimberly Eadie, Ahmed Fahal, Annelies Verbon, Wendy W J van de Sande","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae030","DOIUrl":"10.1093/trstmh/trae030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>in vitro susceptibility testing for the non-sporulating fungus Madurella mycetomatis is performed with a hyphal suspension as starting inoculum and a viability dye for endpoint reading. Here we compared the performance of four different viability dyes for their use in in vitro susceptibility testing of M. mycetomatis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To compare the reproducibility and the agreement between the viability dyes 2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfphenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide salt (XTT), resazurin, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium salt (MTS) and luciferin, the in vitro susceptibilities of 14 genetically diverse M. mycetomatis isolates were determined for itraconazole and amphotericin B. The reproducibility, agreement, price and ease of use were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Each of the four dyes gave highly reproducible results with >85.7% reproducibility. Percentage agreement ranged between 78.9% and 92.9%. Resazurin was the most economical to use (0.0009 €/minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC]) and could be followed in real time. Luciferin omitted the need to transfer the supernatant to a new 96-well plate, but cost 6.07 €/MIC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>All four viability dyes were suitable to determine the in vitro susceptibility of M. mycetomatis against itraconazole and amphotericin B. Based on the high reproducibility, high percentage agreement, price and possibility to monitor in real time, resazurin was the most suited for routine in vitro susceptibility testing in the diagnostic laboratory in mycetoma-endemic countries. Because luminescence could be measured directly without the need to transfer the supernatant to a new 96-well plate, luciferin is suitable for drug-screening campaigns.</p><p><strong>Lay summary: </strong>To determine the in vitro susceptibility testing in the non-sporulating fungus Madurella mycetomatis, a viability dye is needed for endpoint reading. In this study we tested the viability dyes XTT, resazurin, MTS and luciferin for their use in in vitro susceptibility testing. It appeared that they all could be used but there were differences in time to result and costs associated with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":"729-735"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11532735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140892542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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