Tara E. Ness - Publications

Precision medicine-a new era for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Journal: The Lancet. Respiratory medicine

Published: April 02, 2026

Application of FreezeTB, a targeted nanopore sequencing assay, for identification of drug resistance and lineages among pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Alaska.

Journal: Microbiology spectrum

Published: November 17, 2025

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis disease and rifampicin resistance in children.

Journal: The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Published: October 23, 2025

Clinical standards for antimicrobial stewardship in TB care.

Journal: IJTLD open

Published: September 15, 2025

Drug susceptibility testing for TB using the Xpert MTB/XDR assay on stool specimens.

Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Published: March 29, 2025

Stool-Based Molecular Tuberculosis Treatment Monitoring: A Faster Means for Detecting Persistent Mycobacteria Compared to Phenotypic Culture.

Journal: Open forum infectious diseases

Published: March 26, 2025

Screening and targeted sequencing of stool for microbiologic confirmation and drug resistance determination in paucibacillary tuberculosis.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Published: March 24, 2025

Commentary: Mixed Infection or Heteroresistance? Pediatric Tuberculosis Still the Achilles Heel of Diagnostic Tools.

Journal: The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Published: January 08, 2025

Targeted therapeutic drug monitoring identifies frequent under-dosing of TB drugs.

Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Published: January 04, 2025

Healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions from using targeted sequencing to diagnose and manage drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Eswatini.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Published: December 18, 2024

Rapid Diagnostic Sequencing of Stool DNA Using Targeted Nanopore Sequencing in Patients With a Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis.

Journal: Open forum infectious diseases

Published: November 25, 2024

Performance of a Novel Stool Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pediatric Tuberculosis Detection in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Published: July 02, 2024