Little and Falace's Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 10th Edition,
is thoroughly revised to provide the information needed to assess common problems and …

Subacute and chronic spondylodiscitis can be caused by a wide spectrum of infectious
aetiologies including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Brucella spp. and a variety of fungi …

OBJECTIVE: To present a global update of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and explore
trends in 1994-2010. METHODS: Data on drug resistance among new and previously …

While the recognition of microbial infection often occurs at the cell surface via Toll-like
receptors, the cytosol of the cell is also under surveillance for microbial products that breach …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), has infected
approximately two billion individuals worldwide with approximately 9.2 million new cases …

Background Hepatitis is a common adverse effect of antituberculosis drugs. Silymarin
prevented drug-induced hepatoxicity in animals with anti-oxidative mechanisms but its effect …

Cyclic diguanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) and cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-
di-AMP) are recently identified signaling molecules. c-di-GMP has been shown to play …

Many processes that are essential for mycobacterial growth are poorly understood. To
facilitate genetic analyses of such processes in mycobacteria, we and others have …

Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain proteins (NODs) are modular cytoplasmic
proteins implicated in the recognition of peptidoglycan-derived molecules. NOD2 has …

Infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in the death of three million people
worldwide per annum of which an estimated one thousand are in Saudi Arabia. The WHO …