Background Macrolide is a key drug in the treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD). Macrolide-resistant MAC is gaining importance, but there are little data in clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of macrolide ...
Youngmok Park +4 more
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Isolation of Mycobacterium avium complex from water in the United States, Finland, Zaire, and Kenya [PDF]
Disseminated infection with organisms of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a common complication of AIDS in the United States and other developing countries, but it is rare or absent in sub-Saharan Africa.
Vonreyn, C. F. +12 more
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AIDS in the Netherlands, clinical and microbiological data in 36 cases [PDF]
Contains fulltext : 4450.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open ...
Danner, S.A. +9 more
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Automated quantitative drug susceptibility testing of non-tuberculous mycobacteria using MGIT 960/EpiCenter TB eXiST [PDF]
Objectives To assess the predictive value of in vitro drug susceptibility testing (DST) in slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), knowledge on quantitative levels of drug susceptibility should be available.
Böttger, Erik C. +4 more
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Protective response in guineapigs exposed to Mycobacterium avium intracellulare/ M. scrofulaceum, BCG & south Indian isolates of M. tuberculosis [PDF]
The protective immunity resulting from exposure to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), BCG and virulent mycobacteria in different sequences was studied in the guineapig model employing strains prevalent in the south Indian BCG trial area and time ...
Herbert, D +2 more
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Epidemiology and Clinical Significance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients Negative for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Switzerland [PDF]
Over the last decades, the rate of isolation of tubercle bacilli has declined in the developed countries, while the incidence of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has increased.
Brandli, Otto +3 more
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Whole-genome phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium avium complex from clinical respiratory samples
The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a common causative agent causing nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease worldwide. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on a total of 203 retrospective MAC isolates from respiratory specimens ...
Chew Ka Lip +5 more
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Dapsone/Pyrimethamine May Prevent Mycobacterial Disease in Immunosuppressed Patients Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus [PDF]
Dapsone exhibits activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) in vitro. We retrospectively examined the incidence of mycobacterial diseases within a randomized prospective trial of prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii
Furrer, Hansjakob +11 more
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Surgical management of Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in children [PDF]
M L, Cowan +3 more
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Detection of Tropheryma whippelii DNA in a patient with AIDS [PDF]
A case of an AIDS patient infected with the Whipple's disease bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, is reported. A DNA fragment with sequence specificity for the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterium was detected by PCR in a duodenal biopsy specimen from a 55-year ...
Hartmann, M +3 more
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