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Idiopathic AIDS enteropathy and treatment of gastrointestinal opportunistic pathogens. [PDF]
, 2009 Diarrhea in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has proven to be both a diagnostic and treatment challenge since the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virus more than 30 years ago.
Cello, John P, Day, Lukejohn W
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Limited asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients [PDF]
, 2003 Forty-seven bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from 16 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients were used to test the latency model of Pneumocystis infection in the human host.
Ambrose, HE +4 more
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Actinomyces and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare are facultative intracellular organisms, members of the bacterial order actinomycetales. Although Actinomyces can behave as copathogen when anatomic barriers are compromised, its coinfection with ...
Yuria Ablanedo-Terrazas +2 more
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What Immunological Defects Predispose to Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections? [PDF]
, 2017 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are categorized as one of the large and diverse groups of environmental organisms which are abundant in water and soil. NTM cause a variety of diseases in humans that mainly affect the lung.
Adcock, IM +7 more
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Reliability of environmental sampling culture results using the negative binomial intraclass correlation coefficient. [PDF]
, 2014 The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) is commonly used to estimate the similarity between quantitative measures obtained from different sources.
Aly, Sharif S +3 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera: a case report from Italy
Monaldi Archives for Chest DiseaseMycobacterium chimaera is an environmental non-tuberculous mycobacterium belonging to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). It has been widely known to be associated with disseminated infection after cardiac surgery, related to heater-cooler units used ...
Martina Maria Seminara +3 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018 Background/Purpose: Treatment success rates for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) diseases range from 50% to 55% only. To explore effective antimicrobials against either Mycobacterium intracellulare or M.
Chen-Cheng Huang +3 more
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial empyema in an immunocompetent child
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018 Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. There are very few reports of NTM in immunocompetent children causing empyema.
Ira Shah, Forum Shah
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Mutations in the ubiA gene are the major mechanism of ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium avium
Microbiology SpectrumMycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infections are the most common nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, and ethambutol (EMB) is one of the main therapeutic agents used to treat MAC infections.
Yuwei Qiu +8 more
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Effect of oral exposure of mycobacterium avium intracellulare on the protective imunity induced by BCG [PDF]
, 1986 The relative protective efficacy of oral administration of mycobacteria as compared to the conventional intradermal route of vaccination has been assessed in guinea pigs.
Narayanan, P R +3 more
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