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Taxon, Arboreality, Sex, and Season—Factors Influencing Gastrointestinal Parasite Occurrence in Zoo‐Housed Non‐Human Primates

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The emergence of anthelminthic resistance is a well‐documented phenomenon in livestock and companion animals. Given the scarcity of new antiparasitic drugs, the implementation of effective, holistic anthelminthic control strategies is critical to preserving the efficacy of existing treatments.
Stalder Sandro, Hatt Jean‐Michel
wiley   +1 more source

Survival of tubercle bacilli in heat-fixed and stained sputum smears

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
We used a slide culture technique to detect tubercle bacilli surviving in sputum smears (n=46) after conventional heat fixation and Ziehl-Neelsen staining.
Celso Luíz Cardoso, Luiz Roberto Bigão Giacomelli, César Helbel, Janete Jordão Sant'Ana, Fátima Moreira Martins, Angela Maria Werneck Barreto   +5 more
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Gouty arthritis of the spine in a renal transplant patient : a clinical case report: an unusual presentation of a common disease [PDF]

, 2015
Axial gout is a well-documented but uncommon manifestation of gout. Its mimicking nature and the impracticality of axial joint aspiration might considerably delay its diagnosis.
Dhaese, Sofie, STRYCKERS, MARIJKE, Terryn, Wim, VAN DER MEERSCH, HANS, Van Laecke, Steven   +4 more
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Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining for Mycobacterium leprae

Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2022
Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining for Mycobacterium leprae is a time-tested technique in the evaluation of leprosy. The staining helps to classify clinical types of leprosy into those with low and high bacillary load. It is also useful in assessing the response to therapy, identifying defaulters, and differentiating relapse from late reversal reactions ...
Neelima Mohan, Minu Sunil, Gopinadhan Akhil, Sujaya Krishna Priya, Vrinda Vijayakumar, Mary Vineetha, Machiyanickal Isaac Celine, Kidangazhiathmana Ajithkumar   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Mycobacteriosis in Cultured Hybrid Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mycobacteriosis is a significant disease in fish husbandry, with negative impacts on production facilities. Moreover, some Mycobacterium spp. that infect fish have zoonotic potential. Morbidity and mortality events at hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) farms in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) associated with mycobacterial infections prompted a ...
Lemar Blake, Arianne Brown Jordan, Soren Nicholls, Esteban Soto, Luke Iwanowicz, Rod Suepaul, Christopher Oura, Ayanna Carla N. Phillips Savage   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy [PDF]

, 2016
A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy.
Camm\ue0, Cesare, Curini, Valentina, Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda, Di Francesco, Gabriella, Di Guardo, Giovanni, Di Provvido, Andrea, Ferri, Nicola, Mazzariol, Sandro, Proietto, Umberto   +8 more
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The Role of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Advanced Lung Disease

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Among 270 cystic fibrosis patients, 20.7% were NTM‐positive and had a lower pre‐transplant risk of death or lung transplantation but higher post‐transplant mortality, with no difference in CLAD incidence. These results suggest NTM infection should not be an absolute contraindication to lung transplantation, though careful individual risk assessment is ...
Shirin Barcikowski, Ribal Bou Mjahed, Oriol Manuel, Macé M. Schuurmans, Adrian Alonso, Zisis Balmpouzis, Jesica Mazza‐Stalder, Angela Koutsokera, Nicolas J. Mueller   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in M. leprae Strains From Kiribati

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Kiribati has one of the highest rates of leprosy worldwide. A nationwide screening and chemoprophylaxis program for household leprosy contacts was introduced in 2018. In 2022, population‐wide screening and rifamycin‐based treatment or chemoprophylaxis for leprosy and tuberculosis was introduced as part of the PEARL and COMBINE ...
Patrick O. Campbell, Temea Bauro, Erei Rimon, Nabura Ioteba, Trevor Anderson, Arturo Cunanan, Taulanga Naniseni, Jacqui Gardner, Emma Trowbridge, Nicholas M. Douglas, Stephen T. Chambers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of MODS Culture in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2009
Background and ObjectivesCulture of M. tuberculosis is the golden standard for the diagnosis of TB which is a much more sensitive test than Smear examination. There is a strong need to use the new assays in order to speed up diagnostic methods.
Z. Aminzadeh, F. Fallah, B. Manafian, P. Baghaei   +3 more
doaj  

What is the preferred method for diagnosing cryptosporidiosis in sheep - Modified Ziehl–Neelsen or auramine O staining?

Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, 2023
Cryptosporidium is an intestinal apicomplexan protozoon that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrheal disease affecting gastrointestinal tract of a wide range of vertebrates, including humans, livestock, wild animals, and birds.
Mehdi Sohrabi, Hassan Nayebzadeh, Hamidreza Shokrani, Karin Gohardehi, Zahra Amini Farsani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source