Rapid Drug Susceptibility Testing for Tuberculosis Using Raman-Deuterium Isotope Probing
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Yizhi Song
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This article presents a novel method for rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Raman-deuterium isotope probing. It addresses the critical global health challenge of drug-resistant tuberculosis, which caused 1.25 million deaths in 2023. The research describes a phenotypic approach that significantly reduces the time needed to determine drug resistance profiles compared to conventional culture-based methods, potentially enabling faster, more targeted treatment for TB patients, particularly those with multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains.
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· 3 pulledTuberculosis (TB), caused by M. tuberculosis (MTB), remains a leading cause of infectious disease mortality worldwide.
According to the 2024 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report, an estimated 10.8 million incident TB cases (95% UI: 10.1–11.7 million) were reported in 2023, resulting in 1.25 million TB-attributable deaths (95% UI: 1.13–1.37 million).
The global rise in drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains, poses a major threat to control efforts.
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