Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Aggregation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Is Regulated by Carbon Nitrogen Balance
... ABSTRACT Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging opportunistic patho- gens that colonize household water systems and cause chronic lung infections in sus- ceptible ...
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Differential Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Duplex PCR Assay Using the RNA Polymerase Gene (rpoB)
... With the recent global resurgence of mycobacterial infec- tions, especially of tuberculosis, attributed to increased human immunodeficiency virus infection, there is an increasing de- mand for rapid, sensitive, and ...
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Multidrug Resistant Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
... Worldwide, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become emergent pathogens of pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an estimated prevalence ranging from 5 to ...
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Evaluation of Two Protein Extraction Protocols Based on Freezing and Mechanical Disruption for Identifying Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry from Liquid and Solid Cultures
... of mycobacteria, a good protein extraction proto- col is essential in order to obtain reliable identification ...41 nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species, were grown in parallel on solid and ...
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Frequency and clinical implications of the isolation of rare nontuberculous mycobacteria
... Background: To date, more than 125 species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been identified. In this study, we investigated the frequency and clinical implication of the rarely isolated NTM from ...
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Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Zambia: Eight Case Reports
... The isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) raises the question of their clinical significance, especially in an African setting. We found a high percentage of NTM isolated from various specimens, ...
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In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Tedizolid against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
... of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) submitted to the Mycobacteria/Nocardia research laboratory at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT) from 2014 to 2015 were tested ...
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Evaluation of Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Clinical Isolates
... I dentification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) by con- ventional phenotypic tests requires long incubation periods that may take up to 12 weeks. The GenoType Mycobacterium CM/AS (Hain Lifescience ...
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Oligonucleotide (GTG)5 as an epidemiological tool in the study of nontuberculous mycobacteria
... With the resurgence of mycobacterial disease that is accom- panying the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) (this term encompasses all ...
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Utility of rpoB Gene Sequencing for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in the Netherlands
... In the Netherlands, clinical isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has increased over the past decade. Proper identifi- cation of isolates is important, as NTM species differ strongly in clinical ...
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A High Throughput Approach for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Drinking Water Reveals Relationship between Water Age and Mycobacterium avium
... ABSTRACT Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) frequently detected in drinking water (DW) include species associated with human infections, as well as species rarely linked to ...
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Multiplex Real Time PCR Assay and Melting Curve Analysis for Identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
... of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from clinical specimens has increased, and NTM now comprises 10 to 30% of isolated mycobacteria (11, 14, 15, 17, 27, ...29). Mycobacteria have a spectrum ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a German CF Center and Clinical Course of NTM Positive Patients
... with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in their respiratory secretions and to investigate the molecular epidemiology of the most prevalent NTM species by multi-locus sequence analysis ...
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Diagnostic yield of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients booked for endoscopy at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
... BACTEC mycobacteria growth indicator tubes (MGIT) liquid culture method was used to establish the presence of nontuberculous mycobacteria from the biopsies and lavage fluids after decontamination ...
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Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Multigene Sequence Based Typing and Clinical Significance of Isolated Strains
... Species identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is challenging due to the increasing number of identified NTM species and the lack of standardized testing strategies. The objectives of this ...
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Development and Evaluation of a Molecular Assay for Detection of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Use of the Cobas Amplicor Platform
... of nontuberculous myco- bacteria from clinical specimens using the Cobas Amplicor ...of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we generated a My- cobacterium genus-specific capture probe to be used as the ...
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Occurrence of potentially pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacteria in Mexican household potable water: a pilot study
... Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental opportunistic pathogens found in natural and human-engineered waters, including drinking water distribution systems and household ...
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NonTuberculous Mycobacteria infection and lung transplantation in cystic fibrosis: a worldwide survey of clinical practice
... uncontrolled infection post-transplant and significant side-effects associated with treatment. In this survey we assessed current international practice with regard to assessing and listing patients for lung ...
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Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Multiplex, Real Time PCR
... of mycobacteria from culture is of primary importance for the administration of empirical antibiotic therapy and for the implementation of public health measures, yet there are few commercially available assays ...
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Detection of Phospholipase C in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Its Possible Role in Hemolytic Activity
... Nontuberculous mycobacteria, including ...of nontuberculous mycobacteria has increased since the first reports of nontuber- culous mycobacterial disease in immunocompromised hosts in 1982 (40, ...
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