Development of new tuberculosis vaccine will be an important strategy to eliminate tuberculosis in kwashiorkor. Previous research showed that 38-kDa Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein is one of the potent immunogen. However, the role of oral immunization with 38kDa Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein to the number of lymphocytes in the rat model of kwashiorkor is still unknown. We used kwashiork...

In spite of the great advancement in the diagnosis, treatment and control programs of tuberculosis during the past decades, bovine tuberculosis still represent an imminent threat to the public and considerable obstacles for development of bovine industry especially in developing countries [1]. All animal species and humans of all age groups are susceptible to the disease. Mycobacterium bovis, a...

conclusions: pcr method is a valuable, cost-effective and alternative tool for quick diagnosis of active tuberculosis in different clinical specimens. results: the concordance rate between the three sets of primers was calculated and is6110/buffer pcr method showed good agreement with the lj culture method (κ = 0.627, p < 0.0001). the sensitivity of is6110/buffer pcr was 58.33%, with specificit...

conclusions a high index of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of patients with osseous tuberculosis. given the high prevalence of tuberculosis in developing countries, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal lytic lesions and vertebra plana, especially in children. introduction multifocal skeletal tuberculosis is a rare cond...

objective: the rifampicin resistance and susceptibility of mycobacterium tuberculosis are caused by mutations in the 81-base pair region of the rpob gene encoding the b-subunit of rna polymerase. methods: isoniazid resistance of m. tuberculosis is related to mutations in inha , oxyr and ahpc genes which 30 to 90 percent of isoniazid resistance is occurred in 3015 codons of katg gene. the rpob a...

Tuberculosis remains a public health problem in Turkey. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis plays a key role in control of infection. In this article, the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test (MTD) was evaluated for detection of M. tuberculosis in urine samples. The performance of the MTD was very good and appropriate for routine laboratory diagnosis.

INTRODUCTION Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium is especially seen in AIDS and non-immunosuppressant patients. This study was designed to evaluate data relating to non-tuberculosis mycobacterium content in patients' sputum for the clinical importance. PATIENTS AND METHODS During 2009-2010 at Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital clinics, 75 patients [30 women...

BACKGROUND : Interferon-gamma (INF-γ) is an important cytokine in the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. activates macrophage to kill intracellular mycobacterium. AIM: The aim of this study determine difference plasma INF-γ level pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients compared a healthy control and factors associated with interferon-gamma level. METHODS: This case–control study....

We present a case of tenosynovitis caused by a novel, slowly growing, nonchromogenic, nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). Originally misidentified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the NTM cross-reacts with the M. tuberculosis complex nucleic acid hybridization probe, a M. tuberculosis gamma interferon release assay, and is closely related to M. tuberculosis by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.