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The innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on strain lineage and on host population [PDF]

, 2013
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The genome structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is strongly clonal, in the absence of horizontal gene transfer.
Sarkar, Rajesh
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Interference of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with macrophage responses [PDF]

, 2009
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has become an important health and economic burden, with more than four thousand people succumbing to the disease every day.
Pieters, J., Mueller, P., Scherr, N., Jayachandran, R.   +3 more
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Identification of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis Cases with Broad-Range Molecular Assays at a Single Large Reference Laboratory

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ABSTRACT. Definitively diagnosing Hansen’s disease (HD) is challenging, but molecular methods can provide species identification of the causative mycobacteria ( Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis ).
Gregory S. Olson, Khalil Deveaux, Diana Chiller, Dhruba SenGupta, Brad T. Cookson, Jason D. Simmons, Joshua A. Lieberman   +6 more
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Delayed diagnosis and poor treatment compliance remain key challenges in leprosy control: a case of lepromatous leprosy with type 2 reaction

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) is a chronic granulomatous infection primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Since 2008, Mycobacterium lepromatosis has also been identified as an additional causative pathogen.
Maheshi Thilakarathna, Nivedha Uthayarajan, Chathurarya Siriwardena, Nirupa Pallewatte, Bhagya Deepachandi   +4 more
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Molecular detection of Mycobacterium bovis in the environment [PDF]

An investigation was carried out to determine the presence and persistence of Mycobacterium bovis in the environment. Soil samples were taken in April 2000 from a farm in Ireland which had undergone a bovine tuberculosis outbreak some four months ...
Young, Jamie Stuart
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The diversity and distribution of Mycobacterium species in varying ecological and climatic environments [PDF]

The species within the genus Mycobacterium are commonly detected in a variety of environments including soil, water and dust. Many species within the group are capable of causing opportunistic diseases and are hypothesised to be responsible for the ...
Khera, Tanya
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Detection of the Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis in South America and Europe [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
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Vasculonecrotic Reaction in an HIV/Leprosy Coinfected Subject Caused by Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infection

Background: Vasculonecrotic reactions in leprosy are often present in the context of a type 2 leprosy reaction. Differentiation between necrotizing ery-thema nodosum leprosum (nENL) and Lucio's phenomenon (LP) can be dif-ficult, and cases of overlapping reactions have been reported.
Fernando Amador-Lara, Jorge Leonardo Mayorga-Garibaldi, Felipe Jesus Bustos-Rodríguez, Luz Alicia González-Hernández, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Jaime Federico Andrade-Villanueva   +5 more
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Failure to detect Mycobacterium lepromatosis as a cause of leprosy in 85 Chinesepatients

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, 2015
Yan, Zhang, Yong hu, Sun, Chuan, Wang, Dan, Liu, Mingfei, Chen, Xi'an, Fu, Guizhi, Zhou, Hong, Liu, Furen, Zhang   +8 more
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Increasing Virulence in Leprosy Indicated by Global Mycobacterium spp.

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
William Levis, Tina Rendini, Frank Martiniuk   +2 more
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