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Population-Based Distribution of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in Japan [PDF]

Microbiology Research, 2021
This study aimed to clarify the population-based distributions of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in Japan. We conducted a combined analysis of the national insurance claim and microbiological databases.
Kozo Morimoto, Manabu Ato, Naoki Hasegawa, Satoshi Mitarai   +3 more
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Extended Antibiotic Spacer use in an Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty with Mycobacterium intracellulare – A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Mycobacterium infections are a rare but devastating cause of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Most cases of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections occur in immunocompromised hosts, a population increasing with the use of immunosuppressive
Jayanth Kumar, Mason Fawcett, Musab Gulzar, Andres Lopez, Julie Shaner   +4 more
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Species Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China: A Three-Year Retrospective Study [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Xingyu Liu,1,* Tianzhen Wang,1,* Yicheng Guo,2 Yi Zeng,1,* Weiwei Gao1,* 1Department of Tuberculosis, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 211100, People’s Republic
Liu X, Wang T, Guo Y, Zeng Y, Gao W
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Clinical Characteristics, Molecular Diagnosis, and Drug Resistance Profiles of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections: A Retrospective Analysis Using PCR Melting Curve Technology [PDF]

Clinical and Translational Science
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging global pathogens. This study aimed to analyze the clinical features, species distribution, and drug resistance profiles of NTM infections in a northern Chinese hospital. A retrospective cohort study included
Kedi Wang, Dongjiang Xu, Yan Gao, Wen Zhao, Kaihui Ma   +4 more
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Functional genomics reveals strain-specific genetic requirements conferring hypoxic growth in Mycobacterium intracellulare [PDF]

eLife
Mycobacterium intracellulare is a major etiological agent of the recently expanding Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD).
Yoshitaka Tateishi, Yuriko Ozeki, Akihito Nishiyama, Yuta Morishige, Yusuke Minato, Anthony David Baughn, Sohkichi Matsumoto   +6 more
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Genomic insights and functional adaptation of Mycobacterium intracellulare strains isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
In clinical practice, inappropriate diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ascribing the disease to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) and resulting mistreatment has been a challenge for healthcare workers.
Sushanta Deb, Lata Kumari, Neeraj Mahajan, Shiv K. Basant, Twinkle Joshi, Vineet Ahuja, Urvashi B. Singh   +6 more
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium complex mycobacteria isolated from patients in Ural Federal District of the Russian Federation [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2022
Objective. To assess minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antimicrobials for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) mycobacteria isolated from patients in Ural Federal District of the Russian Federation. Materials and Methods.
Umpeleva T.V., Shulgina M.V., Vakhrusheva D.V., Eremeeva N.I.   +3 more
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Donor‐defined mesenchymal stem cell antimicrobial potency against nontuberculous mycobacterium

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2021
Chronic nontuberculous mycobacterial infections with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare complicate bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive airway disease, and the health of aging individuals.
Tracey L. Bonfield, Morgan T. Sutton, David R. Fletcher, Michael A. Folz, Vaishnavi Ragavapuram, Rodrigo A. Somoza, Arnold I. Caplan   +6 more
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A marmoset model for Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

PLoS ONE, 2023
Rationale Mycobacterium avium complex, is the most common nontuberculous mycobacterial respiratory pathogen in humans. Disease mechanisms are poorly understood due to the absence of a reliable animal model for M.
Jay Peters, Diego Jose Maselli, Mandeep Mangat, Jacqueline J. Coalson, Cecilia Hinojosa, Luis Giavedoni, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Edward Chan, David Griffith   +8 more
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Direct Attachment with Erythrocytes Augments Extracellular Growth of Pathogenic Mycobacteria

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Pathogenic intracellular mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium, which cause lung diseases, can grow in macrophages. Extracellular mycobacteria have been reported in the lungs, blood, and sputum of patients, indicating ...
Yukiko Nishiuchi, Yoshitaka Tateishi, Hiroshi Hirano, Yuriko Ozeki, Takehiro Yamaguchi, Mari Miki, Seigo Kitada, Fumito Maruyama, Sohkichi Matsumoto   +8 more
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