
Abstracts
OR06
Other
Use of a modified face mask and liquid-based cough aerosol sampling system to measure the infectiousness of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients
Rouxjeane Venter, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SA MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
OR13
Diagnostics
Sex and progression towards active TB in an experimental mouse model. Impact of stress-induced glucocorticoids and intermittent fasting
Pablo Soldevilla, Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental, Microbiology Dept. Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP-HUGTIP), Badalona, 08916, Spain
P006
Drug susceptibility testing
Identification of Mycobacteroides abscessus complex subspecies and molecular determination of resistance to clarithromycin and amikacin
Fanourios Kontos, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
P013
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Combined use of commercial and sequencing analysis methods for the identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a tertiary Hospital of Athens: Seventeen years of experience
Fanourios Kontos, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
P036
Omics and modelling
Endemic transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sublineage Beijing L2.2.M3 within Colon, Panama: A prospective study
Fermin Acosta, Centro de Biología Celular y Molecular de Enfermedades, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología de Panamá, Ciudad del Saber, Panamá.
P057
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Oral administration of heat-killed Mycobacterium manresensis induces an increased response against subsequent infections in the Drosophila melanogaster model
Mariona Cortacans, Experimental Tuberculosis Unit (UTE), Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona (08916), Spain
P058
Drug susceptibility testing
Epidemiology, genetic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns by whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Gabon from 2012 to 2022
Viola Dreyer, Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center
P065
Other
Integrating genomic surveillance for tuberculosis control in Catalonia
Pere-Joan Cardona, Microbiology Department, Laboratori Clínic Metropolitana Nord. Institut de Recerca i Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP) – Badalona, Catalonia (Spain) / CIBER in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES) – Madrid (Spain) / Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia (Spain)
P074
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in fecal samples by culture in dairy farms in Panama
Fermin Acosta, Centro de Biología Celular y Molecular de Enfermedades, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta tecnología de Panamá (INDICASAT AIP), City of Knowledge, PANAMA
P082
Drug susceptibility testing
Susceptibility patterns of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates recovered in two Greek University Hospitals
Fanourios Kontos, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
P088
Diagnostics
Pre-treat or Not pre-treat? Evaluation of DNA extraction pre-treatment procedures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole genome sequencing of clinical primary MGIT cultures
Emilyn Costa Conceicao, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
P127
Drug susceptibility testing
Using targeted Next Generation Sequencing directly from sputum for comprehensive drug resistance prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Namibia
Lusia Mhuulu, Department of Human, Biological & Translational Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Namibia
P137
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Whole Genome Sequence of Mycolicibacterium parafortuitum Panama NTM 1 isolated from a cattle farm in Panama
Fermin Acosta, Centro de Biología Molecular y Celular de Enfermedades, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT-AIP); Ciudad del Saber, Panamá.