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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, Garssen, J, Kazempour Dizagie, M, Mirsaeidi, M, Moloudizargari, M, Mortaz, E, Movassaghi, M, Varahram, M   +7 more
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Disseminated CutaneousMycobacterium ChelonaeInfection

Cancer Control, 2000
Over the last two decades, a rising proportion of mycobacterial infections have been caused by nontuberculous species such as Mycobacterium chelonae.1-3 Belonging to the M. fortuitum complex,4 M. chelonae is an acidfast bacillus (AFB) that grows rapidly compared with the more common M. tuberculosis.
C L, Kane, A L, Vincent, J N, Greene, R L, Sandin   +3 more
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Skin infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonae: Underestimated, especially in immunocompromised patients

JEADV Clinical Practice, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 262-268, March 2025.
Capsule SummaryMycobacterium chelonae infections are rare but significant, especially in immunocompromised patients, often leading to delayed diagnosis due to nonspecific clinical signs and challenges in culturing the pathogen. We report five cases of M. chelonae cutaneous infections, four of whom were on immunosuppressive therapy.
Celine De Krock, Otto Van de gaer, Emmanuel André, Jan Leo Lenaerts, Patrick Verschueren, Paul De Munter, Petra De Haes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycobacterium chelonae empyema with bronchopleural fistula in an immunocompetent patient

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2009
Mycobacterium chelonae is one of the rapidly growing mycobacteria that rarely cause lung disease . M chelonae more commonly causes skin and soft tissue infections primarily in immunosuppressed individuals.
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Antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of Persea americana seeds [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Persea americana seeds are widely used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat rheumatism, asthma, infectious processes as well as diarrhea and dysentery caused by intestinal parasites.
Adelina Jiménez-Arellanes, Amparo Tapia, Jorge Cornejo-Garrido, Julieta Luna-Herrera, Lilián Yépez-Mulia, Ricardo Ruiz-Nicolás   +5 more
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Reconsidering the Diagnosis: Abnormal Sweat Chloride Tests in Non‐CF Bronchiectasis

Pediatric Pulmonology, Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction While the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) is often straightforward and reliant on correlation between genetic testing and clinical signs and symptoms, there is a subset where the distinction is not nearly as clearcut. This has previously been reported in patients identified through newborn screening but not meeting full CF ...
Reyna L. Huang, Matthew T. Snyder, Nuzhat Fahmida, Dana P. Albon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycobacterium chelonae Infection After a Cat Bite: A Rare Case Report

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2022
Lei Zhang,1 Yixiong Li,2 Hao Yang,1 Yunzhu Mu,1 Jingjing Jiang,1 Xi Duan1 1Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anorectal, The First ...
Zhang L, Li Y, Yang H, Mu Y, Jiang J, Duan X   +5 more
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Failure of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine: Some species of environmental mycobacteria block multiplication of BCG and induction of protective immunity to tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2002
The efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) varies enormously in different populations.
andersen, p, appelberg, r, brandt, l, chilima, b, cunha, jf, hirsch, p, olsen, aw   +6 more
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A Systematic Review of Ocular Complications Following Different Types of Covid‐19 Vaccines

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Introduction More than 6 million deaths from the novel coronavirus, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infection, have prompted the development of several prophylactic vaccines of COVID‐19. This systematic review summarizes the ocular complications of various COVID‐19 vaccinations, diseases diagnosed, treatment, and risk factors.
Bahareh Ebrahimi, Hossein Kargar Jahromi, Nazanin Shafiei Jahromi, Mina Molayem, Poorani Gurumallesh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the main driver of the rise in non-tuberculous mycobacteria incidence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2007–2012 [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The incidence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolation from humans is increasing worldwide. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EW&NI) the reported rate of NTM more than doubled between 1996 and 2006.
H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar, Jennifer A. Davidson, Jusang Kim, Laura F. Anderson, Maeve K. Lalor, Marc Lipman, Neeraj M. Shah   +7 more
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