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A Ventral Hernia-repair–related Mycobacterium mageritense Mesh Infection Treated with NPWT without Mesh Removal

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Summary:. Abdominal hernias are often repaired using prosthetic mesh, which is susceptible to infections. Normally, it is necessary to remove the mesh.
Junji Ando, MD, Riyo Miyata, MD, Masayuki Harada, MD, Mika Takeuchi, MD, Kei Kasahara, MD, PhD, Yuji Yoshimoto, MD, Fumikazu Koyama, MD, PhD, Masamitsu Kuwahara, MD, PhD   +7 more
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Whole genome sequencing of Nontuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) isolates from sputum specimens of co-habiting patients with NTM pulmonary disease and NTM isolates from their environment

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are ubiquitous microorganisms. NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is thought to be caused not by human-to-human transmission but by independent environmental acquisition.
Jung-Ki Yoon, T. Kim, Jong-Il Kim, J. Yim   +3 more
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Identification Mycobacterium spp. in the Natural Water of Two Austrian Rivers

Microorganisms, 2020
Nontuberculous mycobacteria constitute a subgroup among the Mycobacterium genus, a genus of Gram-positive bacteria that includes numerous pathogenic bacteria. In the present study, Mycobacterium spp.
Mohammad Reza Delghandi, Karoline Waldner, Mansour El-Matbouli, Simon Menanteau-Ledouble   +3 more
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Coinfection of the Lungs [PDF]

Turkish Thoracic Journal, 2017
Tuberculosis is highly prevalent in our country and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are frequently found in respiratory specimens recently. A 65-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of fever, cough, weight loss, and hemoptysis. On the patient's chest radiography an upper lobe cavity in both lungs and consolidation was detected.
YILMAZ, Nafiye, YILMAZEL UÇAR, Elif, SAĞLAM, Leyla   +2 more
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Unveiling the Biosynthetic Pathway for Short Mycolic Acids in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Mycobacterium smegmatis MSMEG_4301 and Its Ortholog Mycobacterium abscessus MAB_1915 Are Essential for the Synthesis of α′-Mycolic Acids

Microbiology spectrum, 2022
Mycobacterium abscessus is a nontuberculous mycobacterium responsible for an increasing number of hard-to-treat infections due to the impervious nature of its cell envelope, a natural barrier to several antibiotics.
C. D. Di Capua, J. Belardinelli, Hugo A. Carignano, M. V. Buchieri, C. Suárez, H. R. Morbidoni   +5 more
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Mycobacterium avium Infection after Acupoint Embedding Therapy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2017
Summary:. Nontuberculous mycobacterium is a ubiquitous environmental organism that is unusual to cause a true infection, but it can cause severe cutaneous infections.
Jiao Zhang, MD, Linying Lai, BD, Liming Liang, PhD, Xinyue Bai, BD, Minliang Chen, PhD   +4 more
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Necrotizing osteomyelitis in a man with disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection

IDCases, 2018
Cases of disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection are difficult to treat. We encountered an elderly man with disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection.
Garrett M. Harp, Rosane Duarte Achcar, Wendi K. Drummond   +2 more
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Mycobacterium shinjukuense infection successfully treated with clarithromycin, rifampicin, and ethambutol

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023
We present the case of a 59-year-old woman diagnosed with Mycobacterium shinjukuense infection using mass spectrometry of bronchioalveolar lavage fluid.
Kayo Nakamura, Etsuko Murakami, Daizo Kishino, Shuko Mashimo, Yusuke Kurioka, Yusaku Shibata, Arihiko Taniguchi, Hisao Higo, Yasushi Hiramatsu, Yoshinobu Maeda, Nobuaki Miyahara   +10 more
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial empyema in an immunocompetent child

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018
Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. There are very few reports of NTM in immunocompetent children causing empyema.
Ira Shah, Forum Shah
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The Changing Pattern of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are human opportunistic pathogens whose source of infection is the environment. These include both slow-growing (eg, Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium avium) and rapid-growing (eg, Mycobacterium abscessus and ...
Joseph O Falkinham
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