Evaluation of a immunochromatographic test for identification of TB-bacteria
Evaluation and precision study of a direct test for detection of TB-bacteria and RMP resistance
Effectiveness of Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) in High PDR/MDR TB Burden Countries
Research on new mechanisms responsible for resistance against EMB
Epidemiological studies:
on all drug resistant M. tuberculosis isolates from Germany
on all culture positive TB cases from Hamburg, Hannover, Frankfurt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Baden-Württemberg
Surveillance in ‚high-incidence’ countries:
Study on the development of resistances and the spread of MDR strains in Uzbekistan
TB-Surveillance in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Further projects:
Establishment of a network for external quality control for second line drug testing (Baltic Nordic TB-Laboratory Network; EU)
Analysis of the effectivity of disinfectants against mycobacteria
Analysis of the activity of new drugs against mycobacteria
Research network on susceptibility and resistance against infection with non tuberculous mycobacteria
Projects