SARS-CoV-2 Supply Shortages and Tuberculosis Diagnostics: Current Issues Requiring Immediate Solutions

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2021 Sep 29

PMID 34586893

Citations 3

Authors

Derek T Armstrong

Erin A Tacheny

Gene Olinger

Ryan Howard

M Megan Lemmon

Debanjana Dasgupta

Emma Eisemann

Nicole Parrish

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Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has strained manufacturing capacity worldwide, resulting in significant shortages of laboratory supplies both directly and indirectly. Such shortages include probe-based kits for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from positive liquid broth cultures. These shortages and possible loss of this particular assay have consequences for laboratory testing algorithms and public health in the United States. As there are no FDA-approved, commercially available options that currently exist which could immediately fill this gap, laboratories must identify alternatives and plan for modifying current testing algorithms to accommodate this change.

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