non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Molecular identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical specimens in Zambia
... Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are often involved in nosocomial outbreaks [13], although there is little or no evidence for person-to-person transmission of these or- ganisms ...
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Clinical and microbiological characteristics of non tuberculous mycobacteria diseases in Singapore with a focus on pulmonary disease, 2012 2016
... AFB: Acid- Fast Bacilli; ATS/IDSA: American Thoracic Society/Infectious Disease Society of America; BAL: Bronchoalveolar lavage; BMI: Body-mass index; CI: Confidence interval; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ...
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Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium intracellulare is the main driver of the rise in non tuberculous mycobacteria incidence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2007–2012
... Background: The incidence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolation from humans is increasing worldwide. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EW&NI) the reported rate of NTM more than ...
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Increase in non tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans in Tuscany, Italy, from 2004 to 2014
... Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include all Myco- bacterium species other than Mycobacterium tubercu- losis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. NTM are a group of over 150 enviromental species, but, ...
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Identification of non tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical specimens at a tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional study
... Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria have gained much clinical significance in the last couple of decades not only in immuno-compromised but also in immuno-competent ...
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Species and genotypic diversity of non tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis in rural Uganda
... The non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include those Mycobacterium species that are not members of the Myco- bacterium tuberculosis complex, the causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and ...
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Inventory study of non tuberculous mycobacteria in the European Union
... makes this is a reasonable routine that may - however - underestimate NTM. Some patients, such as patients suf- fering from cystic fibrosis, can be expected to be infected with a certain species (M. abscessus) and ...
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Species diversity of non tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania
... of non-tuberculous mycobacteria To identify mycobacterial species, polymerase chain re- actions (PCRs) were conducted followed by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene [19] using ...
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Genotypic Characterization of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Clinical Isolates from Subjects Resident in Rivers State, Nigeria
... The findings of this study highlights the importance of using conventional and genotypic methods to diagnose tuberculosis. It was discovered in the current study that prevalence of tuberculosis is increasing. Morbidity ...
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The Italian registry of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria - IRENE: the study protocol
... Pulmonary disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has always been a tangible clinical entity [1]. An in- crease in NTM pulmonary and extra-pulmonary morbidity and mortality has been ...
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Sequencing Vs MALDI TOF- Tools for Accurate Identification of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Pilot study
... Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) is a conventional medium which is excellent for the growth of both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and NTM(44). Guidelines and Recommendation for culture of NTM as per ATS (American Thoracic Society) ...
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Non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Zambia: prevalence, clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics
... Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) refer to all Mycobacterium species other than the pathogens of the M.tuberculosis complex (MTBC), M. leprae and M. ulcerans, and rarely cause disease in humans. However, ...
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Profiling non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an Asian setting: characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients in Singapore
... in the acquisition and subsequent persistence of NTM. NTM isolation increases with age and most of these de- veloped pulmonary NTM [25, 27]. As the population of Singapore aged 65 and above is expected to double by 2030, ...
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US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society consensus recommendations for the management of non tuberculous mycobacteria in individuals with cystic fibrosis
... patients in each group experienced sputum relapse and there were no signi fi cant differences in symptoms or radiological response between groups. 153 Furthermore, there was no statistic- ally signi fi cant difference in ...
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Non tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from New Zealand soil environments : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Philosophy in Microbiology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... Chapter 5 Final Discussion and Conclusions The aims of this project were to develop an o ptimal technique for the isolation of environmental mycobacteria, compare diversity of mycobacter[r] ...
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Isolation and characterization of Non tuberculous Mycobacteria from clinical specimens
... of mycobacteria. It has been shown that for slowly growing mycobacteria (>7 days for visible growth in subculture), based on the testing of 16 different species, the optimal pH in LJ medium was between ...
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Frequency of tuberculous and non tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV infected patients from Bogota, Colombia
... Mycobacterium infections are frequent opportunistic pathogens associated with the acquired immunodefi- ciency syndrome (AIDS). Its relative virulence and po- tential for person-to-person transmission distinguishes ...
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Routinely detected indicators in plasma have a predictive effect on the identification of HIV-infected patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial and tuberculous infections
... These results, combined with data on leukocyte count and neutrophils, allow us to speculate that HIV patients infected with TB might present a stronger inflammatory response than HIV patients infected with NTM. This re- ...
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A case of Mycobacterium goodiiprosthetic valve endocarditis in a non immunocompromised patient: use of 16S rDNA analysis for rapid diagnosis
... Mycobacterium goodii was identified in 1999 as a rap- idly growing non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species related to the Mycobacterium smegmatis group isolated from human wound infections [1]. M. ...
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Detection of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant farmworkers along the US Mexico border
... As per the authors ’ prior results from the Mexico side of the border, we found the TST and QFT-GIT to show a low level of overall concordance [18, 31]. Eight partici- pants who had positive TST results (33 %) were ...
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