Ветеринария сегодня, 2023 An investigation for causes of tuberculosis occurrence and persistence on farms, as well as of continuous presence of tuberculin reactor animals on tuberculosis-free farms impeding allergy diagnosis revealed that the major cause is the persistence of ...
M. O. Baratov
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Culture-independent detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria in clinical respiratory samples [PDF]
, 2016 Culture-based detection of nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) in respiratory samples is time consuming and can be subject to overgrowth by nonmycobacterial bacteria.
Bastian, Ivan +8 more
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General Overview on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Biofilms, and Human Infection [PDF]
, 2015 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents ...
Faria, Sónia +2 more
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An immunocompromised dialysis patient with skin and bone lesions [PDF]
, 2010 Patients with chronic kidney failure have disturbances of immune function involving both innate and adaptive systems. These result in both immunodepression which increases susceptibility to infection and immunoactivation leading to a chronic inflammatory
Brown +7 more
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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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PathogensPulmonary diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasingly becoming common worldwide and are occurring more frequently alongside pulmonary tuberculosis. Given that pulmonary diseases resulting from nontuberculous mycobacteria and pulmonary
Lyudmila Severova +14 more
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Cervical abscess in an immunocompetent patient with Mycobacterium malmoense pulmonary disease [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium malmoense is a nontuberculous mycobacteria seen mainly in two age groups and with different clinical presentations. Most patients are male adults presenting clinical symptoms and signs similar to those of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Barroso, L +7 more
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Antimycobacterial Activity of Laurinterol and Aplysin from Laurencia johnstonii
Marine Drugs, 2020 Marine environments represent a great opportunity for the discovery of compounds with a wide spectrum of bioactive properties. Due to their large variety and functions derived from natural selection, marine natural products may allow the identification ...
Sara García-Davis +7 more
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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 +5 more
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Environmental mycobacteria – Future directions
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2015 Understanding environmental mycobacteria and the diseases they cause is woefully lacking. The number of species, their ubiquity in nature and the heterogeneity of their effects on their human hosts have made this a formidable task. Diagnosis is difficult.
D E Schraufnagel
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