Catharina C Boehme

Summary

Affiliation: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Operational feasibility of using loop-mediated isothermal amplification for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in microscopy centers of developing countries
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, 1216 Cointrin, Switzerland
    J Clin Microbiol 45:1936-40. 2007
  2. ncbi Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland
    N Engl J Med 363:1005-15. 2010
  3. ncbi Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 377:1495-505. 2011
  4. ncbi Robustness of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification reaction for diagnostic applications
    Patrice Francois
    Genomic Research Laboratory, University Hospitals of Geneva, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 62:41-8. 2011

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Operational feasibility of using loop-mediated isothermal amplification for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in microscopy centers of developing countries
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, 1216 Cointrin, Switzerland
    J Clin Microbiol 45:1936-40. 2007
    ..Technicians with no prior molecular experience easily performed the assay after 1 week of training, and opportunities for further simplification of the assay were identified...
  2. ncbi Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland
    N Engl J Med 363:1005-15. 2010
    ..Early detection is essential to reduce the death rate and interrupt transmission, but the complexity and infrastructure needs of sensitive methods limit their accessibility and effect...
  3. ncbi Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
    Catharina C Boehme
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 377:1495-505. 2011
    ..We aimed to assess operational feasibility, accuracy, and effectiveness of implementation in such settings...
  4. ncbi Robustness of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification reaction for diagnostic applications
    Patrice Francois
    Genomic Research Laboratory, University Hospitals of Geneva, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 62:41-8. 2011
    ..Our results demonstrate that LAMP is not only easy to use, but is also a very robust, innovative and powerful molecular diagnostic method for both industrialized and developing countries...