Global analyses of TetR family transcriptional regulators in mycobacteria indicates conservation across species and diversity in regulated functions [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Mycobacteria inhabit diverse niches and display high metabolic versatility. They can colonise both humans and animals and are also able to survive in the environment.
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1983 Foi feita revisão histórica sobre os corantes utilizados na identificação do Mycobacterium leprae. Foram analisadas para cada corante, sua composição química, propriedades tintoriais e a capacidade de assimilação pelo bacilo nas diversas técnicas de ...
Luiz Fernando de Góes Siqueira +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Drug resistance in Mycobacterium leprae is assumed to be due to genetic alterations in the drug targets and reduced cell wall permeability. However, as observed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug resistance may also result from the overactivity of ...
Diana Machado +13 more
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Fecal Excretion of Mycobacterium leprae, Burkina Faso
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Mycobacterium leprae was detected by optical microscopy, fluorescent in situ hybridization, and molecular detection in feces collected for the diagnosis of Entamoeba coli enteritis in a leprosy patient in Burkina Faso.
Anselme Millogo +5 more
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Avaliação da reação de mitsuda em pacientes virchovianos inativos antes e após imunoterapia
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1995 Neste estudo investigou-se o potencial imunomodulador do levamisole e da mistura BCG/Mycobacterium leprae em pacientes virchovianos inativos, utilizando como parâmetro a reação de Mitsuda.
Maria Sueli Parreira de Arruda +4 more
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atpE gene as a new useful specific molecular target to quantify Mycobacterium in environmental samples [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceBackgroundThe environment is the likely source of many pathogenic mycobacterial species but detection of mycobacteria by bacteriological tools is generally difficult and time-consuming.
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Mycobacterium leprae Activates Toll-Like Receptor-4 Signaling and Expression on Macrophages Depending on Previous Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination. [PDF]
, 2016 Toll-like receptor (TLR)-1 and TLR2 have been shown to be receptors for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), yet it is unclear whether M. leprae can signal through alternative TLRs.
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Detección del ADN de Mycobacterium leprae en secreción nasal [PDF]
, 2008 Studies have demonstrated high sensibility of the polimerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in the identification of the Mycobacterium leprae DNA . This study aimed to evalue the PCR sensibility at the detection of the M.
ALMEIDA, Maria das Graças Carvalho +4 more
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Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Leprosy is caused by the bacterial pathogens Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Apart from humans, animals such as nine-banded armadillos in the Americas and red squirrels in the British Isles are naturally infected with M.
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Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in the United States. In Mexico, the existence of such a reservoir remains to be characterized.
Lucio Vera-Cabrera +13 more
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