[PDF] Top 20 Improved detection times for Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the BACTEC radiometric system

... tuberculosis from smear-negative specimens combined the data from both decontaminated and untreated specimens and found mean detection times of 13.7 days 13 and 20 days 14, results which[r] ... See full document

... resistant tuberculosis present tremendous challenges to the global efforts to combat tuberculosis (1, 5, 16, ...drug-resistant tuberculosis and the initia- tion of effective ...of tuberculosis ... See full document

... automated BACTEC MGIT 960 (M960) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to streptomycin (SM), isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RMP), ethambutol (EMB), and pyrazinamide ... See full document

... The method described here was excellent for diagnosis of RIF-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates with 100% specificity, sensitivity, and test efficiency. RIF interferes with the synthesis of mRNA by binding to the ... See full document

... of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacte- ria, various genotyping methods for routine diagnosis have been introduced during the past decade (1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 21–23, ... See full document

... Characterization of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Organisms of the Mycobacterium avium Complex by Restriction Polymorphism of the rRNA Gene Region RODRICK J.. CHIODINI Mycobacteriol[r] ... See full document

... Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium africanum Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium bovis BCG Mycobacter[r] ... See full document

... Introduced in 1967, Monensin [17] is acknowledged as an anti-coccidicidal agent for poultry [18-20]. Approved as a "Growth Enhancer" antibiotic in the USA, the UK and Europe [21], Monensin accounts for 13% of the ... See full document

... M. tuberculosis complex (11), leading to the develop- ment of a line probe assay ...M. tuberculosis complex, ...III), Mycobacterium xenopi, M. gordonae, Mycobacterium chelonae ... See full document

... For instance, when the GPLs from several clinical isolates that displayed agglutination reactions indicative of a mixture of serovars 1 and 8 were applied to a TLC plate, the GPLs of bot[r] ... See full document

... M. tuberculosis isolates from patients residing in the epidemiolog- ical field site near Cape Town, South Africa, were genotyped according to the internationally standardized IS6110 DNA fin- gerprinting method ... See full document

... When cells are exposed to stressful environments, e.g., cooling, heating, radiation, or desiccation, cellular functions may be im- paired. It has been observed that for some cells, preincubation in broth or liquid medium ... See full document

... A total of 938 respiratory specimens 633 sputa, 249 bronchial and tracheal aspirates, and 56 bronchoalveolar lavages from 589 patients were tested for direct detection of Mycobacterium t[r] ... See full document

... M. tuberculosis complex and M. avium could be readily and reliably differentiated from each other by analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA gene ...M. avium was well documented, with five different ... See full document

... A total of 106 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were tested for drug susceptibility by the conventional 7Hll plate method and by a new rapid radiometric method using special 7H12 l[r] ... See full document

... a Bactec 960 MGIT liquid culture medium ...between Bactec 460 and MGIT 960 testing from the original frozen ...the Bactec 460 TB system, while all 88 isolates had previously been tested using ... See full document

... collective detection of the MTC, a number of housekeeping genes which are highly conserved throughout the Mycobacterium genus were ...the detection of M. tuberculosis, approximately 3,000 ... See full document

... Coreia, África do Sul, China, Malásia, Mongólia e Tailândia. Ainda assim alguns isolados eram de origem desconhecida. Numa parte inicial deste estudo a colecção de isolados Beijing/W foi analisada em termos de LSPs. Os ... See full document

... M. avium bacterial loads (300, 30, 3, and 1 CFU/ml), and the remaining part was utilized as a negative ...M. avium in SDS-lysate supernatants, plasma layers, and red blood cell pellets (RBCP) (after M-PRM ... See full document

... The present analysis indicates that all of the PE proteins and most of the PPE proteins of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis are highly homologous to the corresponding proteins of M. avium subsp. ... See full document