A sister lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex discovered in the African Great Lakes region

JCS Ngabonziza, C Loiseau, M Marceau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The human-and animal-adapted lineages of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) are thought to have expanded from a common progenitor in Africa. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacteriosis and tuberculosis: laboratory diagnosis

D Azadi, T Motallebirad, K Ghaffari… - The open microbiology …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases that has claimed
its victims throughout much of known human history. With Koch's discovery of the tubercle …

Human Mycobacterium bovis infection in ten Latin American countries

IN de Kantor, M Ambroggi, S Poggi, N Morcillo… - Tuberculosis, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to obtain the best possible estimate of the relevance of bovine
tuberculosis (BTB) in humans in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican …

Reliable identification of mycobacterial species by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA)-hsp65 in a reference laboratory and elaboration of a sequence-based extended …

E Chimara, L Ferrazoli, SYM Ueky, MC Martins… - BMC microbiology, 2008 - Springer
Background Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) based on phenotypic tests
is time-consuming, labor-intensive, expensive and often provides erroneous or inconclusive …

Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii in Isolates Collected from Outbreaks of Infections after Laparoscopic Surgeries …

C Viana-Niero, KVB Lima, ML Lopes… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
An outbreak of infections affecting 311 patients who had undergone different invasive
procedures occurred in 2004 and 2005 in the city of Belém, in the northern region of Brazil …

Occurrence of mycobacteria in bovine milk samples from both individual and collective bulk tanks at farms and informal markets in the southeast region of Sao Paulo …

MMJ Franco, AC Paes, MG Ribeiro… - BMC Veterinary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Mycobacterium spp. is one of the most important species of zoonotic pathogens
that can be transmitted from cattle to humans. The presence of these opportunistic …

Evaluation of six different DNA extraction methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of PCR-IS6110: preliminary study

IN De Almeida, W da Silva Carvalho, ML Rossetti… - BMC research …, 2013 - Springer
Background Developments in molecular detection and strain differentiation of members of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have proved to be useful. The DNA extraction method …

Occurrence of Mycobacterium spp. and other pathogens in lymph nodes of slaughtered swine and wild boars (Sus scrofa)

GHB Lara, MG Ribeiro, CQF Leite, AC Paes… - Research in Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium spp. and other pathogens were investigated in 258 swine lymph nodes (129
with and 129 without apparent lesions), and 120 lymph nodes (60 with and 60 without …

First detection of mycobacteria in African rodents and insectivores, using stratified pool screening

L Durnez, M Eddyani, GF Mgode… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
With the rising number of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS in
developing countries, the control of mycobacteria is of growing importance. Previous studies …

Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues

P Polepole, M Kabwe, M Kasonde… - The International …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A convenience set of 100 biobanked FFPE tissues, including lymph nodes (n= 64),
male genital tract tissue (n= 10), abdominal tissue (n= 8), female genital tissue (n= 5), breast …