Membrane Filtration Is Suitable for Reliable Elimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Saliva for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Affiliations

• ¹ University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• ² National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
• ³ University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• ⁴ University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Tuberculosis Centre Beatrixoord, Haren, The Netherlands.
• ⁵ Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, The Netherlands.
• ⁶ St. Laurentius Hospital, Department of Medical Microbiology, Roermond, The Netherlands.
• ⁷ University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands j.w.c.alffenaar@umcg.nl.
• ⁸ Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Departments of Pulmonary Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.