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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 +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 +8 more
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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 +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 +8 more
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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 +8 more
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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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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 +3 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. +6 more
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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 +4 more
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Comparative functional genomics and the bovine macrophage response to strains of the Mycobacterium genus [PDF]
, 2014 Mycobacterial infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality in cattle and are also potential zoonotic agents with implications for human health.
Gordon, SV +5 more
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