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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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Disseminated Mycobacterium peregrinum and Mycobacterium avium infection in a patient with AIDS: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2022
Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are frequently recognized in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAIC) is the most common species.
Chong Kei Lao, Ting-Shu Wu, Kuan-Yin Lin, Ming-Hsun Lee   +3 more
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Experimental Reactivation of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in a Modified Cornell-Like Murine Model. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The latency and reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has been well studied. However, there have been few studies of the latency and reactivation of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), the most common etiological non-tuberculous ...
Seung Bin Cha, Bo Young Jeon, Woo Sik Kim, Jong-Seok Kim, Hong Min Kim, Kee Woong Kwon, Sang-Nae Cho, Sung Jae Shin, Won-Jung Koh   +8 more
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Feature of Adhesins Produced by Human Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera and Closely Related Species

Microorganisms, 2020
The Mycobacterium avium complex includes two closely related species, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. They are opportunistic pathogens in humans and responsible for severe disease in a wide variety of animals.
Louise H. Lefrancois, Thierry Cochard, Maxime Branger, Olivia Peuchant, Cyril Conde, Adeline Pastuszka, Camille Locht, Philippe Lanotte, Franck Biet   +8 more
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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare cellulitis occurring with septic arthritis after joint injection: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Cellulitis caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare has rarely been described. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is a rare cause of septic arthritis after intra-articular injection, though the causative role of injection is difficult to ...
Murdoch David M, McDonald Jay R
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Different clinical features of patients with pulmonary disease caused by various Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex subspecies and antimicrobial susceptibility

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: Characteristics of the Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD) caused by distinct subspecies remain uncertain. Methods: This study was conducted from 2013–2015 in three hospitals in Taiwan. Results: Among the 144
Chia-Ling Chang, Lun-Che Chen, Chong-Jen Yu, Po-Ren Hsueh, Jung-Yien Chien   +4 more
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Co-existence of organising pneumonia in a patient with Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare pulmonary infection

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Non-tuberculous mycobacterias (NTMs) have many clinical manifestations in humans, depending on the underlying immunological status. We present a patient with Mycobacterium avium intracellulare pulmonary infection and co-existing, biopsy proven non ...
R.M. Jones, A. Dawson, E.N. Evans, N.K. Harrison   +3 more
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<i>Mycobacterium Intracellulare</i> Infection of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Rheumatol
Background: Nontuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) infections affecting musculoskeletal structures are rare, particularly in patients with well‐controlled rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This case is reported to highlight the potential risk of focal tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare following intra‐articular glucocorticoid injection.
Hanaoka R.
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Variable-number tandem-repeat markers for typing Mycobacterium intracellulare strains isolated in humans [PDF]

, 2010
Background Mycobacterium intracellulare, a species of the Mycobacterium avium complex, may be the cause of severe lung, lymphatic node, skin and bone/joint infections, as well as bacteriemia.
Frédéric-Antoine Dauchy, Sébastien Dégrange, Alain Charron, Michel Dupon, Yi Xin, Cécile Bébéar, Jeanne Maugein, Dauchy, Frédéric-Antoine   +7 more
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Genetic characterization of Mycobacterium avium isolates recovered from humans and animals in Australia [PDF]

, 1996
Genetic relationships amongst 115 mainly Australian isolates of Mycobacterium avium were assessed using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE). The isolates were divided into 58 electrophoretic types (ETs), with a mean genetic diversity of 0·29 ...
Feizabadi, M.M., Robertson, I.D., Cousins, D.V., Dawson, D., Chew, W., Gilbert, G.L., Hampson, D.J.   +6 more
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