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The Clinical Experience of Mycobacterial Culture Yield of Pleural Tissue by Pleuroscopic Pleural Biopsy among Tuberculous Pleurisy Patients

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Tuberculous pleurisy is a common extrapulmonary TB that poses a health threat. However, diagnosis of TB pleurisy is challenging because of the low positivity rate of pleural effusion mycobacterial culture and difficulty in ...
Chung-Shu Lee, Li-Chung Chiu, Chih-Hao Chang, Fu-Tsai Chung, Shih-Hong Li, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Wei Wang, Shu-Min Lin   +7 more
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Positivity rates of mycobacterial culture in patients with tuberculous spondylitis according to methods and sites of biopsies: An analysis of 206 cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the mycobacterial culture positivity rates according to biopsy methods and sites in patients with tuberculous spondylitis (TS) and identify which tissues are the best sites for the diagnosis of TS.
Chan Mi Lee, Yoonjung Lee, Seung-Ji Kang, Chang Kyung Kang, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Kyoung-Ho Song, Wan Beom Park, Eu Suk Kim, Sook In Jung, Hong Bin Kim, Myoung-Don Oh, Kyung-Hwa Park, Nam Joong Kim   +12 more
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Diagnostic Utility of a Mycobacterium Multiplex PCR Detection Panel for Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases is increasing worldwide, and tuberculosis remains highly prevalent. Rapid and accurate microbial diagnoses of both tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are required.
Yoshifumi Uwamino, Akio Aono, Yu Tomita, Kozo Morimoto, Masahiro Kawashima, Hirofumi Kamata, Yuka Sasaki, Hideaki Nagai, Naoki Hasegawa, Satoshi Mitarai   +9 more
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Female genital tuberculosis in Pakistan – A retrospective review of 10-year laboratory data and analysis of 32 cases

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is an underobserved clinical entity owing to diagnostic challenges stemming from difficulty of obtaining diagnostic specimens and paucibacillary nature of the disease.
Tazeen Fatima, Rumina Hasan, Faisal Riaz Malik, Imran Ahmed, Linda Alice Bartlett, Michael G Gravett, Sadia Shakoor   +6 more
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Performance of microbiological tests for tuberculosis diagnostic according to the type of respiratory specimen: A 10-year retrospective study

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
BackgroundThe microbial diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) remains challenging and relies on multiple microbiological tests performed on different clinical specimens.
Marc-Olivier Boldi, Justin Denis-Lessard, Rina Neziri, René Brouillet, Christophe von-Garnier, Valérie Chavez, Jesica Mazza-Stalder, Katia Jaton, Gilbert Greub, Gilbert Greub, Onya Opota   +10 more
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and mycobacterial culture in routine clinical care at a paediatric hospital

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background: Microbiological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in children is a well-documented challenge. This study evaluated Xpert Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB)/Rifampicin (RIF) Ultra (Ultra) and mycobacterial cultures in routine clinical
Anthony K. Enimil, James J.C. Nuttall, Chad M. Centner, Natalie Beylis, Brian S. Eley   +4 more
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COMPARISON OF VALIDITY OF FNACAND ZIEHL–NEELSEN STAINS IN DIAGNOSING CERVICAL TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To compare the validity of FNAC & ZN staining in diagnosing tuberculous lymphadenitis taking mycobacterial culture as gold standard. Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Aisha Qaiser, Muhammad Babar Sohail Niazi, Zaheer Ul Hassan, Shahid Farroq Khattak, Shahid Iqbal, Sunarays Akbar   +5 more
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Lower airway microbiota in patients with clinically suspected Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

Heliyon, 2021
The relationship between the lower airway microbiota in humans and respiratory illness has gained attention recently. However, the relationship between nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) and the lower airway microbiota is not fully ...
Kotaro Iwasaki, Yasuo Matsuzawa, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Moe Shioya, Sho Hayakawa, Ichiro Tatsuno   +5 more
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Comparison of quantitative techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to evaluate mycobacterial burden. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Accurate quantification of mycobacterial load is important for the evaluation of patient infectiousness, disease severity and monitoring treatment response in human and in-vitro laboratory models of disease.
Richard N van Zyl-Smit, Anke Binder, Richard Meldau, Hridesh Mishra, Patricia L Semple, Grant Theron, Jonathan Peter, Andrew Whitelaw, Suren K Sharma, Robin Warren, Eric D Bateman, Keertan Dheda   +11 more
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DNA microarray chip assay in new use: early diagnostic value in cutaneous mycobacterial infection

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionThe clinical practicability of DNA microarray chip in detecting the presence of mycobacterial species/isolates directly in the skin tissues has not been evaluated, nor the efficacy of DNA microarray chip as a novel diagnostic tool for the ...
Qian Yu, Yuanyuan Wang, Zhiqin Gao, Hong Yang, Siyu Liu, Jingwen Tan, Lianjuan Yang   +6 more
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