Evaluation of three molecular assays for the detection of M. tuberculosis from direct clinical specimens

by M.M.Z. Matabane, F. Ismail, K.-A. Strydom, O. Onwuegbuna, S. Vally Omar, N. Ismail
Published 2014-04-01

Comparative accuracy of the REBA MTB MDR and Hain MTBDRplus line probe assays for the detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A multicenter, non-inferiority study.

by Joshua Havumaki, Doris Hillemann, Nazir Ismail, Shaheed Vally Omar, Sophia B Georghiou, Samuel G Schumacher, Catharina Boehme, Claudia M Denkinger
Published 2017-01-01

Frequency of Circulating CD4+Ki67+HLA-DR− T Regulatory Cells Prior to Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Can Differentiate the Severity of Disease and Predict Time to C...

by Selena Ferrian, Melinda Ross, Francesca Conradie, Shaheed Vally Omar, Nazir Ismail, Nazir Ismail, Francesca Little, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows, Clive M. Gray, Clive M. Gray
Published 2018-10-01

Correlation of rpoB mutations with minimal inhibitory concentration of Rifampin and Rifabutin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an HIV/AIDS endemic setting, South Africa

by Ivy - Rukasha, Halima Mohammed Said, Halima Mohammed Said, Shaheed Vally Omar, Hendrik - Koornhoof, Andries W Dreyer, Alfred - Musekiwa, Harry Moultrie, Anwar A Hoosen, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows, Nazir Ismail
Published 2016-12-01

A subset of circulating blood mycobacteria-specific CD4 T cells can predict the time to Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture conversion.

by Catherine Riou, Clive M Gray, Masixole Lugongolo, Thabisile Gwala, Agano Kiravu, Pamela Deniso, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Shaheed Vally Omar, Martin P Grobusch, Gerrit Coetzee, Francesca Conradie, Nazir Ismail, Gilla Kaplan, Dorothy Fallows
Published 2014-01-01

Antibiotic resistance prediction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from genome sequence data with Mykrobe [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

by Martin Hunt, Phelim Bradley, Simon Grandjean Lapierre, Simon Heys, Mark Thomsit, Michael B. Hall, Kerri M. Malone, Penelope Wintringer, Timothy M. Walker, Daniela M. Cirillo, Iñaki Comas, Maha R. Farhat, Phillip Fowler, Jennifer Gardy, Nazir Ismail, Thomas A. Kohl, Vanessa Mathys, Matthias Merker, Stefan Niemann, Shaheed Vally Omar, Vitali Sintchenko, Grace Smith, Dick van Soolingen, Philip Supply, Sabira Tahseen, Mark Wilcox, Irena Arandjelovic, Tim E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Zamin Iqbal
Published 2019-12-01