Genome-scale analysis suggests that the last common ancestor of the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae diverged 36 million years ago, and …

This chapter deals with Mycobacterium the only genus in the family Mycobacteriaceae and
related to other mycolic acid‐containing genera. The genus Mycobacterium includes …

The positive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis still relies on the direct detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains after isolation, culture, and identification, or on …

Methanobrevibacter smithii is the main archaea in human, detoxifying molecular hydrogen
resulting from anaerobic bacteria fermentations into gaseous methane. Its identification …

BACKGROUND: A negative sputum smear from a patient with history, physical examination,
and chest x-ray findings suggestive of tuberculosis (TB) presents a diagnostic dilemma. We …

Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in low-income countries is mainly done by microscopy. Hence,
little is known about the diversity of Mycobacterium spp. in TB infections. Different genotypes …

BACKGROUND: Two false-positive tuberculosis (TB) cases in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan,
2016. OBJECTIVE: To report the effectiveness of comparative genomics of Mycobacterium …

Novel methods for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed to complement
the widely used smear microscopy in low income settings. Trained TB detection rats offer a …

Incidence of tuberculosis in Nebraska is 1.9/100 000 people. Tuberculous meningitis is rare
and comprises 1% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. An elderly Caucasian man presented …

La tuberculosis sigue siendo un importante problema sanitario y de salud pública a escala
mundial. Por esta razón se han establecido estrategias que contribuyen a mejorar los …