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Mycobacteria and zoonoses among pastoralists and their livestock in south-east Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2013
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) causes millions of deaths per year. Ethiopia ranks seventh among the world’s 22 countries with high tuberculosis burden. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
Gumi, Balako
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Cutaneous Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections at a National Specialized Hospital in China

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2019
To identify the microorganism distribution clinical characteristics and management of cutaneous Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infectious diseases in the past 10 years we collected and analyzed the patient records of all ...
Youming Mei, Wenyue Zhang, Ying Shi, Haiqin Jiang, Zhiming Chen, Santosh Chokkakula, Siyu Long, Chun Pan, Hongsheng Wang   +8 more
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A hidden threat: a case of relapsed disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection and its therapeutic challenges [PDF]

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). We present the case of a 57-year-old female on immunosuppressive therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) who developed disseminated M.
K. G. Egan, L. Duffy, C. Fleming, P. McGettrick, P. McGettrick, E. G. Muldoon, E. G. Muldoon, C. Kelly, C. Kelly, J. Woo, J. Woo, E. Kilbride, J. Butler, R. Storey, C. Quinlan, C. Quinlan, E. McDermott, J. Hunter, C. Mejia-Chew, C. Mejia-Chew   +19 more
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Pseudotumor of the skin due to Mycobacterium genavense

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Mycobacterium genavense is a rare type of nontuberculous Mycobacterium that has been reported to cause disseminated infections in patients who are immunocompromised. Because M.
Suguru Kurosawa, Keisuke Imafuku, Sho Nakakubo, Sumio Iwasaki, Takanori Teshima, Hideki Goto, Hideyuki Ujiie   +6 more
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Post-Laparoscopic Wound Infection Caused by Scotochromogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacterium

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are known to produce soft-tissue infections following surgical procedures. We report a non-healing surgical wound infection caused by a scotochromogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium, possibly Mycobacterium flavescens, which was earlier thought to be saprophytic. This organism was isolated from the wound discharge at the site
Sethi, Sunil, Gupta, Vikas, Bhattacharyya, Sayan, Sharma, Meera   +3 more
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Skin and soft tissue infection by Mycobacterium intracellulare in an immunocompetent patient

IDCases, 2020
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections still represent a large group of insidious diseases hard to deal with. Traditionally, immunocompromised patients suffer from NTM infections, especially with respiratory involvement or disseminated diseases due
Alessio Pampaloni, Salvatore Tosto, Maria Elena Locatelli, Adele Gentile, Daniele Scuderi, Andrea Marino, Federica Cosentino, Vittoria Moscatt, Giuseppe Nunnari, Bruno Cacopardo   +9 more
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The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections on Routine Mycobacterium bovis Diagnostic Tests [PDF]

, 2011
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is diagnosed in naturally infected populations exposed to a wide variety of other pathogens. This study describes the cell-mediated immune responses of cattle exposed to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) and ...
Bakker, D., Peter Andersen, Douwe Bakker, Jim McNair, Andersen, P., David Corbett, McNair, J., Strain, S., Sam Strain, Corbett, D., Barry, C., Claire Barry   +11 more
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[Nontuberculous Mycobacterium pulmonary infection with pleural effusion caused by Mycobacterium kansasii].

Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis], 1993
A 28 year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, cough and chest pain. A chest X-ray film taken on admission showed infiltrate in the left upper lung field with ipsilateral pleural effusion. Microscopical examinations of stained specimens of sputa and pleural effusions disclosed no acid-fast bacilli.
IGARI, Hidetoshi, Kikuchi, Norio
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Skin and soft tissue infection of Nontuberculous mycobacterium after injection lipolysis

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023
AbstractBackgroundInjection lipolysis is used for body and face contouring due to its minimal invasiveness and cost‐effectiveness, but related complications such as nontuberculous mycobacterium infection significantly affect its clinical application.AimsThis study aimed to review the literature on NTM infection after injection lipolysis.MethodsWe ...
Yi, Yang, Shiyi, Li, Lixia, Zhang, Huijuan, Fu, Guiwen, Zhou, Minliang, Chen   +5 more
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Interferon-γ is a crucial activator of early host immune defense against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in mice [PDF]

, 2016
Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic necrotizing human skin disease associated with the production of the cytotoxic macrolide exotoxin mycolactone.
Miriam Bolz, Bolz, Miriam, Gerd Pluschke, Miriam Bolz (309717), Raphael Bieri (849790), Raphael Bieri, Bieri, Raphael, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Marie-Thérèse Ruf (2280196), Gerd Pluschke (7855), Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Pluschke, Gerd   +11 more
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