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Polymorphism in the EREG gene confers susceptibility to tuberculosis

BMC Medical Genetics, 2019
Background Host genetic factors affect the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection as well as the progression of the disease. Epiregulin (EREG) belongs to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, which binds to the epidermal growth
Wen Cao, Liu-lin Luo, Wei-wei Chen, Li Liang, Ran-ran Zhang, Yan-lin Zhao, Jin Chen, Jun Yue   +7 more
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A solitary pulmonary nodule caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. BCG after intravesical BCG treatment: a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) as a treatment for superficial bladder cancer rarely causes pulmonary complications. While published cases have been pathologically characterized by multiple granulomatous lesions due
Mariko Itai, Mari Yamasue, Shuichi Takikawa, Kosaku Komiya, Yukiko Takeno, Yuriko Igarashi, Yasushi Takeshita, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Satoshi Mitarai, Jun-ichi Kadota   +9 more
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The Roles of Host Noncoding RNAs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Tuberculosis remains a major health problem. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, can replicate and persist in host cells.
Li Wei, Kai Liu, Qingzhi Jia, Hui Zhang, Qingli Bie, Qingli Bie, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang   +7 more
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Prevalence of infection and rifampicin resistance among presumptive tuberculosis cases visiting tuberculosis clinic of Adare General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objective: Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a public health threat in resource-limited countries where it is easily disseminated and difficult to control.
Degineh Belachew Andarge, Tariku Lambiyo Anticho, Getamesay Mulatu Jara, Musa Mohammed Ali   +3 more
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Biosynthesis of mycobacterial arabinogalactan: identification of a novel (13)arabinofuranosyltransferase [PDF]

, 2008
The cell wall mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex is essential in mycobacterial species, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the target of several anti-tubercular drugs.
Alderwick, Luke J., Bai, Yu, Besra, Gurdyal S, Bhatt, Apoorva, Birch, Helen, Eggeling, Lothar, Krumbach, Karin, Lowary, Todd L., Rittmann, Doris, Singh, Albel   +9 more
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In vitro activities of contezolid (MRX-I) against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
A novel oxazolidinone for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been developed, but the activity of contezolid (MRX-I) still needs to be clarified.
Huiru An, Wenna Sun, Xiao Liu, Tianhao Wang, Juan Qiao, Jianqin Liang   +5 more
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Prevention of Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by H4:IC31® Vaccination or BCG Revaccination in Adolescents

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
BACKGROUND Recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection confers a predisposition to the development of tuberculosis disease, the leading killer among global infectious diseases.
E. Nemes, H. Geldenhuys, V. Rozot, Kathryn Tucker Rutkowski, Frances Ratangee, N. Bilek, Simbarashe Mabwe, Lebohang Makhethe, Mzwandile Erasmus, Asma Toefy, H. Mulenga, W. Hanekom, S. Self, L. Bekker, R. Ryall, S. Gurunathan, C. Diazgranados, P. Andersen, Ingrid Kromann, Thomas Evans, R. Ellis, Bernard S Landry, D. Hokey, R. Hopkins, A. Ginsberg, T. Scriba, M. Hatherill   +26 more
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Mycobacterium abscessus ssp. abscessus infection progressing to empyema from vertebral osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient without pulmonary disease: a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background Pleural involvement by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in patients without distinct pulmonary disease is extremely rare. Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) with or without pulmonary disease is also a rare clinical presentation of NTM infection ...
Naoki Kadota, Tsutomu Shinohara, Hiroyuki Hino, Yuichiro Goda, Yoshiro Murase, Satoshi Mitarai, Fumitaka Ogushi   +6 more
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The Role of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Detection on Oral Mucosa in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Indonesian Journal of Dental Medicine, 2023
Background. Tuberculosis is one of the world's health problems, with larger mortality rate than HIV/AIDS. In order to control this disease, a new and inexpensive diagnostic method is needed.
Reiska Kumala Bakti, Bagus Soebadi, Diah Savitri Ernawati, Ni Putu Made Mertaniasih   +3 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage: a naming of the parts [PDF]

, 2005
There have been many reports of groups of related Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains described variously as lineages, families or clades. There is no objective definition of these groupings making it impossible to define relationships between those ...
Bellamy, Bhanu, Bifani, Brosch, Dale, Gillespie, Gillespie, Gillespie, Glynn, Kamerbeek, Kato-Maeda, L. Uiso, Maguire, McHugh, McHugh, Moss, R.D. Gosling, R.J. Shorten, S.H. Gillespie, S.L. Batt, Sola, Supply, T.D. McHugh, van Crevel, van Embden, Yeh   +25 more
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