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Takayasu Arteritis in a 55-Year-Old Woman With Prior <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i> Infection: A Possible Postinfectious Association. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare large‐vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches. Although autoimmune mechanisms are central, prior mycobacterial infections have been hypothesized to contribute to the disease onset. A 55‐year‐old South Asian woman with a history of vitiligo and treated multibacillary leprosy presented with
Bhattarai U, Jha A, Shrestha I, Lamar N, Parajuli M, Bhujel S, Majhi D, Paudel K.   +7 more
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Optimizing a Conventional Multiplex PCR for Simultaneous Detection of Granulomatous Skin Infection Agents: <i>Leishmania aethiopica</i>, <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i>, and <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>. [PDF]

J Trop Med
Background Conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are well‐established molecular techniques that can be integrated as standard diagnostic tools, especially in referral settings. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic potential of a multiplex PCR (mPCR) assay for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), skin tuberculosis, and ...
Girma S, Gemeda M, Woldesemayat A, Alemayehu D, Deneke D, Mekonen S, Doni S, Beliye H, Zewdu FT, Kumssa T, Kidane T, Chanyalew M, Abdissa A, Alemayehu M, Bobosha K, Gadisa E.   +15 more
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In silico analysis of V48A dihydropteroate synthase mutation to dapsone on Mycobacterium leprae from Papua

Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 2020
Latar belakang: Lepra merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium leprae. Resistensi obat merupakan salah satu tantangan dalam pemberantasan kusta khususnya di Papua.
Yustinus Maladan, Hana Krismawati, Hotma Martogi Laurensia Hutapea, Antonius Oktavian   +3 more
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Desafios na era pós genômica para o desenvolvimento de testes laboratoriais para o diagnóstico da hanseníase Challenges in the post genomic era for the development of tests for leprosy diagnosis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
O diagnóstico da hanseníase se baseia em manifestações clínicas e não existe teste laboratorial para diagnosticar casos assintomáticos ou para prever progressão da doença entre indivíduos expostos.
Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani
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Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy during murine Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: increased mortality in the absence of liver injury. [PDF]

, 2003
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of gram-negative bacterial pneumonia, often resulting in bacteremia concurrent with the localized pulmonary infection.
Cogen, Anna L, Lau, Helen Y, Monteleon, Christine L, Moore, Thomas A, Standiford, Theodore J   +4 more
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The Findings of Mycobacterium Leprae DNA Existence in the Air as an Indication of Leprosy Transmission from Respiratory System

Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan, 2018
There are transmisions source in Infectious Leprosy Hospital Kediri from leprosy patients that can contaminate air with leprosy bacillus. There are also the risk groups, such as medical and non-medical staff, and visitors who contact with the environment.
Qotrunada Alam Cendaki
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Validation of qPCR Methods for the Detection of Mycobacterium in New World Animal Reservoirs. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Zoonotic pathogens that cause leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae) and tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, MTBC) continue to impact modern human populations.
Genevieve Housman, Joanna Malukiewicz, Vanner Boere, Adriana D Grativol, Luiz Cezar M Pereira, Ita de Oliveira Silva, Carlos R Ruiz-Miranda, Richard Truman, Anne C Stone   +8 more
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A Zebrafish Model of Mycobacterium leprae Granulomatous Infection. [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding the pathogenesis of leprosy granulomas has been hindered by a paucity of tractable experimental animal models. Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy, grows optimally at approximately 30°C, so we sought to model granulomatous disease in
Cameron, James, Madigan, Cressida A, Ramakrishnan, Lalita   +2 more
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Mycobacterium uberis Infection in the Subcutaneous Tissue of the Radius/Ulna Area of a Cow

Microorganisms, 2020
Mycobacterium uberis (M. uberis) is a recently described non-tuberculous mycobacterium phylogenetically close to Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and Mycobacterium lepromatosis (M. lepromatosis).
Lorraine Michelet, Maria Laura Boschiroli   +1 more
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Lipoproteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : an abundant and functionally diverse class of cell envelope components [PDF]

, 2004
Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the predominant bacterial scourge of mankind. Understanding of its biology and pathogenicity has been greatly advanced by the determination of whole genome sequences for this organism.
Harrington, Dean, Sutcliffe, Iain
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