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Pyrimidine scavenging by Mycobacterium leprae [PDF]

open access: yesFEMS Microbiology Letters, 1989
Mycobacterium leprae incorporated exogenously supplied pyrimidines as bases or nucleosides, but not as a nucleotide, into its nucleic acids. Notably, thymine was incorporated approximately 5 times more rapidly than thymidine by both suspensions of, or intracellular M. leprae.
openaire   +2 more sources

Severe and disseminated atypical mycobacteriosis of the skin under immunosuppression

open access: yes
JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 6, Page 806-808, June 2026.
Veronika Zenderowski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycobacterial genomics and structural bioinformatics: opportunities and challenges in drug discovery

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections, 2019
Of the more than 190 distinct species of Mycobacterium genus, many are economically and clinically important pathogens of humans or animals. Among those mycobacteria that infect humans, three species namely Mycobacterium tuberculosis (causative agent of ...
Vaishali P. Waman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Studies of Lipoproteins of Mycobacterium leprae

open access: yesJapanese journal of leprosy, 2004
The deciphering of the genomic sequence of Mycobacterium leprae has made possible to predict the possible lipoproteins. The consensus sequence at the N-terminal region of the protein, including the cysteine residue to which the lipid moiety gets attached, provides a clue to the search.
Maeda, Yumi   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Recent advances in nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are members of the Mycobacterium genus other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. NTM are widely distributed in the environment and are increasingly recognized as causes of chronic lung ...
David Horne, Shawn Skerrett
doaj   +1 more source

Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M.
Paul E. Bonnar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intracellular Mycobacterium leprae Utilizes Host Glucose as a Carbon Source in Schwann Cells

open access: yesmBio, 2019
New approaches are needed to control leprosy, but understanding of the biology of the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae remains rudimentary, principally because the pathogen cannot be grown in axenic culture.
Khushboo Borah   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lepra: revisión bibliográfica a propósito de un caso clínico

open access: yesAteneo, 2021
La lepra es una enfermedad infecciosa que afecta a la piel, mucosas del tracto respiratorio superior, ojos y nervios periféricos, los microorganismos responsables son Mycobacterium leprae y Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Pedro Martínez Borrero   +4 more
doaj  

qPCR detection of Mycobacterium leprae in biopsies and slit skin smear of different leprosy clinical forms

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Leprosy, whose etiological agent is Mycobacterium leprae, is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous system.
Michelle de Campos Soriani Azevedo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pesquisa de anticorpos anti PGL-I através de ELISA em tatus selvagens do Brasil Research regarding anti-PGL-I antibodies by ELISA in wild armadillos from Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Tatus têm sido envolvidos na transmissão da hanseníase e considerados como fonte de Mycobacterium leprae em muitas publicações. Médicos de partes dos EUA consideram o contato com tatus um fator de risco para hanseníase.
Patrícia D. Deps   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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