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Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a clinical presentation of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: a case report with multigene diagnostic approach [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) is caused by inflammation of perihepatic capsules associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. In recent years, infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been increasingly occurring in ...
Hang-Yong Jang, Hyun-Tae Park, Peter D Burbelo, Tak Kim, Yang-Seok Chae, Yunjung Cho   +5 more
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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, Masjudi, Tandirogang Nataniel, Sultan Andi, Hatta Mochammad   +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, Bloemberg, Guido, Böttger, Erik C., Falk, Volkmar, Hasse, Barbara, Kohler, Philipp, Kuster, Stefan P., Rössle, Matthias, Sax, Hugo, Sommerstein, Rami, Weber, Rainer   +10 more
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Multidrug-Resistant Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients [PDF]

, 2014
Worldwide, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become emergent pathogens of pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an estimated prevalence ranging from 5 to 20%.
Aguiar, Fabio Silva, Armstrong, Derek T., Campanini Candido, Pedro Henrique, Chitolina, Fernanda, Coelho, Fabrice Santana, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Folescu, Tania Wrobel, Gomes, Karen Machado, Goncalves Neves, Felipe Piedade, Leao, Sylvia Cardoso, Marques, Elizabeth Andrade, Nogueira de Moura, Vinicius Calado, Nunes, Luciana de Souza, Queiroz Mello, Fernanda Carvalho de, Silva Lourenco, Maria Cristina da, Silva, Marlei Gomes da   +15 more
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MGIT-seq for the Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Drug Resistance: a Prospective Study

, 2023
Kiyoharu Fukushima, Yuki Matsumoto, Takanori Matsuki, Haruko Saito, Daisuke Motooka, Sho Komukai, Eriko Fukui, June Yamuchi, Tadayoshi Nitta, Takayuki Niitsu, Yuko Abe, Hiroshi Nabeshima, Yasuharu Nagahama, Takuro Nii, Kazuyuki Tsujino, Keisuke Miki, Seigo Kitada, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Shizuo Akira, Shota Nakamura, Hiroshi Kida   +20 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, Hiroyuki Sakamaki, Ho Namkoong, Ichiro Kawada, Ikuo Kamiyama, Katsura Emoto, Kenzo Soejima, Makoto Ishii, Mitsutomo Kohno, Mizuha Haraguchi, Naoki Hasegawa, Sadatomo Tasaka, Takanori Asakura, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Yuichiro Hayashi   +14 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, Catherine Vilchèze, Audrey Bernut, Whendy Contreras, Keyla Gómez, Jacobus de Waard, William R. Jacobs, Laurent Kremer, Howard Takiff   +8 more
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Sternal wound infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae. [PDF]

, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Sternal wound infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, a member of the rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is rare and may present without signs and symptoms of systemic infection. METHODS: We present a patient who had a M.
Bajwa, Gurjyot, Hirose, Hitoshi, Karbowski, Pawel, Miessau, Joseph, Unai, Shinya   +4 more
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Fatal Mycobacterium avium meningitis in an HIV-negative Vietnamese man: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria are environmental mycobacteria that rarely cause human disease, especially in the central nervous system.
Van Thanh Nguyen, Le Hong Van, Guy Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Pham Kieu Nguyet Oanh, Do Dang Anh Thu, Nguyen Thanh Dung, Van Thi Xuan Quynh, Nguyen Tran Thuong Dinh, Ho Dang Trung Nghia   +9 more
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Mycobacterium agri Skin Infection in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Chengan Xu,1,2 Wenhao Wu,2 Hongyi Pan,3 Tianchen Hui,2 Qingqing Wu,2 Zhewen Zhou,2 Shouhao Wang,2 Wei Zheng,2 Qiaoqiao Yi,2 Hongying Pan2 1The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People’s ...
Xu C, Wu W, Pan H, Hui T, Wu Q, Zhou Z, Wang S, Zheng W, Yi Q, Pan H   +9 more
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