Mycobacterial Infections
Diagnosis of mycobacterial infections by nucleic acid amplification: 18 month prospective study
... of mycobacterial infections is influenced by factors related to the performance of the test itself as well as by factors deter- mined by the patient population: the distribution of positive and negative ...
9
What Immunological Defects Predispose to Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections?
... drugs, infections, and any other conditions that might contribute to a weakened immune response against mycobacterial infections, The infection is disseminated in HIV-infected patients or those with ...
10
Characterisation of immune responses to mycobacterial infections in a murine model of type 2 diabetes
... 99 TNF-α is essential for the activation of macrophages and neutrophils (Orme and Cooper, 1999, Tsenova et al., 1999, Gan et al., 2005) and subsequent lung granuloma formation (Kindler et al., 1989, Flynn et al., 1995, ...
409
<p>Phage therapy as a renewed therapeutic approach to mycobacterial infections: a comprehensive review</p>
... against Mtb; IV) a non-pathogenic phage should be used in phage therapy; and V) the selected phage should not trigger an immune response and their effects are limited to the site of infection. 13,20,27 On the other hand, ...
17
Diagnosis of mycobacterial infections based on acid fast bacilli test and bacterial growth time and implications on treatment and disease outcome
... Background: The establishment of therapeutic regimens for mycobacteriosis depends on the accurate identification of Mycobacterium species, and misdiagnosis can result in inappropriate treatment and increased mortality of ...
10
Clinical Latency and Reactivation of AIDS-Related Mycobacterial Infections
... active mycobacterial coin- fection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected humans remain poorly ...quiescent mycobacterial infection after BCG inoculation were followed prospectively for the ...
10
Cost effectiveness of point of care digital chest x ray in HIV patients with pulmonary mycobacterial infections in Nigeria
... NTM infections, making the point-of-care digital chest-x- ray routine for smear negatives in all DOT sites will also enhance detection and treatment of pulmonary non- tuberculosis mycobacterial ...
8
Mycobacterial infections in a large Virginia hospital, 2001 2009
... terial infections leads the research agenda issued by national NTM guidelines ...NTM infections are usually not reported to public health departments, thus data on incidence and species distribution are ...
7
Rapid Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Infections and Quantitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Load by Two Real Time Calibrated PCR Assays
... Sensitive and specific techniques to detect and identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly in clinical spec- imens are important for the diagnosis and management of patients with tuberculosis (TB). We developed two ...
8
MPEG1/perforin-2 mutations in human pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
... Our PNTM patients had numerous other organisms recovered from respiratory secretions in addition to NTM, consistent with the fact that polymicrobial flora are common in the bronchiectasis associated with PNTM disease. ...
9
Current understanding on micro RNAs and its regulation in response to Mycobacterial infections
... including Mycobacterial infection, continued and extensive works however warranted in light of the marked global health impact of tuberculosis and problems associated with its ...
9
Burden and trends of hospitalisations associated with pulmonary non tuberculous mycobacterial infections in Germany, 2005–2011
... PNTM infections in Europe are limited ...PNTM infections from other laboratory- and population-based studies around the world ...PNTM infections per 100,000 population as well as the average ...
10
Comparison of serological and cultural detection of mycobacterial infections in bovine, caprine, ovine, and porcine species
... DISCUSSION In this study, comparisons have been made of results of culturing of fecal or tissue specimens with results of AGID, IE, and ELISA of serum samples from bovine, caprine, ovine[r] ...
75
Nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections at a specialized tuberculosis treatment centre in the Republic of Korea
... and slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (SGM) infections. Multivariate analysis was performed to assess the independence of significant variables in the univariate analysis, using a multiple logistic ...
6
ROLE OF MICRO RNAS AND ITS REGULATION FOR MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
... parasitic infections, [7-9] however in recent past, crucial relevance of miRNAs in the interplay between host and bacteria has been ...disseminated infections in immuno- compromised persons such as AIDS ...
9
A spatial epidemiological analysis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in Queensland, Australia
... individual mycobacterial species have their own preferred growth environments [41], the lack of consistency in significant predictor variables across the seven NTM species analysed highlights the differing ...
10
Preliminary study on chronic granulomatous disease in Sri Lanka
... monary infections being the most ...prophylaxis. Mycobacterial infections are potentially lethal in CGD patients and BCG vaccination should be avoided in infants with the ...
11
Infectious Complications With the Use of Biologic Response Modifiers in Infants and Children
... with mycobacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria), some viral (herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis B) and fungal ...
23
Novel Polymorphic Region of the rpoB Gene Containing Mycobacterium Species Specific Sequences and Its Use in Identification of Mycobacteria
... world, infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria as well as TB have increased in many parts of the world over the last ...avium infections ac- counted for almost 50% of mycobacterial ...
6
Antigen 85B peptidomic analysis allows species-specific mycobacterial identification
... of mycobacterial infection are relatively insensitive and cannot distinguish between Mtb and ...of mycobacterial infections but requires up to 6 weeks for completion as well as significant technical ...
10