Clinical findings in relation to mortality in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections : patients with Mycobacterium avium complex have better survival than patients with other mycobacteria [PDF]
, 2015 We compared the clinical findings and survival in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). A total of 167 adult non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients with at least one positive culture for ...
Eskola, J. +5 more
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2019 The prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary diseases has been increasing worldwide. NTM consist of approximately 200 species and distinguishing between them at the subspecies level is critical to treatment.
Y. Matsumoto +9 more
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Dry pleurisy complicating solitary pulmonary nodules caused by Mycobacterium avium: a case report [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule (MAC-SPN) is often asymptomatic, is more common in middle to old age, and mimics lung cancer or tuberculoma.
Hiroaki Sugiura +14 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Seminal microbiological work of environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) includes the discovery that NTM inhabit water distribution systems and soil, and that the species of NTM found are geographically diverse.
J. Honda, R. Virdi, E. Chan
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Detection and identification of mycobacteria in sputum from suspected tuberculosis patients
BMC Research Notes, 2010 Background Detection of Tuberculosis agent like nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species by culture and microscopic methods remains difficult and time consuming.
Yadi +4 more
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Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery [PDF]
, 2017 A thorough epidemiological and microbiological investigation of this prolonged outbreak involving 6 open-chest heart surgery patients provided evidence for the airborne transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera, a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria ...
Achermann, Yvonne +10 more
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Acetic Acid, the Active Component of Vinegar, Is an Effective Tuberculocidal Disinfectant
mBio, 2014 Effective and economical mycobactericidal disinfectants are needed to kill both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-M. tuberculosis mycobacteria. We found that acetic acid (vinegar) efficiently kills M. tuberculosis after 30 min of exposure to a 6% acetic
Claudia Cortesia +8 more
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A tuberculosis nationwide prevalence survey in Gambia, 2012. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the population prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambia. METHODS: Between December 2011 and January 2013, people aged ≥ 15 years participating in a nationwide, multistage cluster survey were screened for active ...
Adetifa, Ifedayo Mo +15 more
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Identification of a group of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from the South Indian BCG trial area by HPLC [PDF]
, 2002 Twenty-five isolates of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from the South Indian BCG trial area were analysed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for mycolic acid pattern. The chromatograms differentiated the isolates into four species,
Daisy Vanitha, J +4 more
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The Italian registry of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria - IRENE:The study protocol [PDF]
, 2018 Background: A substantial increase in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been documented worldwide, especially among subjects suffering from chronic respiratory diseases and immunocompromised patients.
A. Calcagno +39 more
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