Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a nitrate reductase assay applied directly on microscopy-positive sputum samples [0.03%]
基于显微镜的直接应用于涂片阳性样本的硝酸盐还原试验检测结核分枝杆菌药物敏感性
Sana Kammoun,Salma Smaoui,Chema Marouane et al.
Sana Kammoun et al.
Aims and objectives: Current methods for drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are either costly or slow. As the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains increases, the need for fast...
Tuberculosis lymphadenitis in a southeastern region in Tunisia: Epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment [0.03%]
突尼斯东南部地区的淋巴结结核的流行病学、临床表现、诊断和治疗
Salma Smaoui,Mohamed Amine Mezghanni,Bousaima Hammami et al.
Salma Smaoui et al.
Aim: To evaluate patients' profiles, demographics, clinical and therapeutic approaches and strategies in patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBG). Pa...
Prevalence of Latin-American-Mediterranean genetic family in population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bulgaria [0.03%]
结核分枝杆菌的拉丁美洲-地中海基因型在保加利亚的流行情况
Violeta Valcheva,Nalin Rastogi,Igor Mokrousov
Violeta Valcheva
Tuberculosis (TB) control remains an important public health priority for Bulgaria. The population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is clonal and certain genetic families of this species (e.g., Latin-American-Mediterranean [LAM]) hav...
Maximizing microscopy as a diagnostic tool in peripheral health centres of BU endemic areas in Ghana [0.03%]
在加纳布病毒疫区的外围卫生中心最大限度地发挥显微镜作为诊断工具的作用
Enid Owusu,Mercy Jemima Newman,Amos Akumwena et al.
Enid Owusu et al.
Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a skin condition caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans) is endemic in remote rural areas. Disease diagnosis on clinical basis alone can be misleading, requiring definitive diagnosis based on laboratory tes...
Current perspectives in drug discovery against tuberculosis from natural products [0.03%]
天然产物抗结核药物研究进展
Joseph Mwanzia Nguta,Regina Appiah-Opong,Alexander K Nyarko et al.
Joseph Mwanzia Nguta et al.
Currently, one third of the world's population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), while 8.9-9.9 million new and relapse cases of tuberculosis (TB) are reported yearly. The renewed research interests in natural produ...
An unusual outbreak of nontuberculous mycobacteria in hospital respiratory wards: Association with nontuberculous mycobacterial colonization of hospital water supply network [0.03%]
医院呼吸道病房非结核分枝杆菌不寻常的爆发：与供水系统中的非结核分枝杆菌定植相关性研究
Salvatore D&#x;Antonio,Paola Rogliani,Gregorino Paone et al.
Salvatore D&#x;Antonio et al.
The incidence and prevalence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is increasing worldwide arousing concerns that NTM infection may become a serious health challenge. We recently observed a significant increase of NTM-po...
Methylobacterium spp. as an indicator for the presence or absence of Mycobacterium spp [0.03%]
甲基营养菌属作为判定分枝杆菌属存在与否的指标菌种
Joseph O Falkinham rd,Myra D Williams,Rebecca Kwait et al.
Joseph O Falkinham rd et al.
Objective/background: A published survey of bacteria in showerhead biofilm samples revealed that Methylobacterium spp. and Mycobacterium spp. seldom coexisted in biofilms. ...
Afua Ofori,Alexis R Steinmetz,John Akaasi et al.
Afua Ofori et al.
Aspergillomas are often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries where the prevalence of TB is high, hemoptysis is often equated with TB, and most patients are diagnosed clinically. This report describes the case of a patie...
Tuberculous ventriculitis: A rare complication of central nervous system tuberculosis [0.03%]
结核性脑室炎：中枢神经系统结核罕见并发症之一
Siavash Vaziri,Saeed Soleiman-Meigooni,Jalil Rajabi et al.
Siavash Vaziri et al.
Tuberculous ventriculitis is an inflammatory infection of the ventricular system of the brain, and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We herein present the case of an immunocompromised patient with brain tuberculomas who developed ven...
High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with rifampicin resistance using GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin in Ghana [0.03%]
在加纳利福平耐药结核病患者中使用GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin检测高替卡松耐药结核病患病率
Justice K Boakye-Appiah,Alexis R Steinmetz,Peter Pupulampu et al.
Justice K Boakye-Appiah et al.
Objective/background: Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) represent a major threat to global TB control. In low- and middle-income countries, resource constraints make it difficult to identify and monitor cases of...