Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 The main cause of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). We aimed to evaluate the contribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) to pulmonary disease in patients from the state of Rondônia using respiratory ...
Cleoni Alves Mendes de Lima +10 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Intracellulare Infection With Concurrent Small Bowel Obstruction: Case, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Considerations. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Bhatia A +3 more
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Identification of Antigens Specific to Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: The Mce Family of Proteins as a Target of T Cell Immune Responses [PDF]
, 2011 The lack of an effective TB vaccine hinders current efforts in combating the TB pandemic. One theory as to why BCG is less protective in tropical countries is that exposure to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) reduces BCG efficacy.
Willem A Hanekom +36 more
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Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare contamination of mammalian cell cultures [PDF]
, 2009 International audienceMycobacterium avium contamination has been described as a putative contaminant of nonphagocytic mammalian cells. Screening of numerous cultured nonphagocytic mammalian cell lines revealed the presence of intracellular bacteria that ...
Lelong-Rebel, I.H. +7 more
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An ABC transporter containing a forkhead-associated domain interacts with a serine-threonine protein kinase and is required for growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice [PDF]
, 2005 Forkhead-associated (FHA) domains are modular phosphopeptide recognition motifs with a striking preference for phosphothreonine-containing epitopes. FHA domains have been best characterized in eukaryotic signaling pathways but have been identified in six
Curry, JM +8 more
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Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients [PDF]
, 2014 Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Nadia Schürch (383786) +41 more
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Molecular detection of Mycobacterium bovis in the environment [PDF]
An investigation was carried out to determine the presence and persistence of Mycobacterium bovis in the environment. Soil samples were taken in April 2000 from a farm in Ireland which had undergone a bovine tuberculosis outbreak some four months ...
Young, Jamie Stuart
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A fast-growing cold skin abscess revealing disseminated Mycobacterium intracellulare infection in an HIV-infected patient [PDF]
, 2017 A 66-year-old woman with HIV-1 infection recently commenced on antiretroviral therapy (CD4+ 25 cells/mm3 was referred to the Dermatology Clinic the following month due to a well-demarcated nodule in the extensor surface of the left arm with evident ...
Rodrigo Carvalho +5 more
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The diversity and distribution of Mycobacterium species in varying ecological and climatic environments [PDF]
The species within the genus Mycobacterium are commonly detected in a variety of environments including soil, water and dust. Many species within the group are capable of causing opportunistic diseases and are hypothesised to be responsible for the ...
Khera, Tanya
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Enhanced effect of liposome-encapsulated amikacin on Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex infection in beige mice [PDF]
, 1988 We examined the therapeutic effects of free and liposome-encapsulated amikacin on Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex infection by using the beige-mouse model of the disease.
Goldstein, Jayne A. +5 more
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