The occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been described as an alarming public health problem in many countries, especially in developing nations. The objective of this study was to conduct a survey among prisoners with TB respiratory symptoms in order to estimate the incidence of the disease, to analyze the drug susceptibility profile and genotype the isolates of Mycobacterium tubercu...

Tuberculosis is a major health problem in Portugal. To begin characterizing the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spoligotyping was used for the systematic typing, through consecutive sampling, of patient isolates from the Amadora-Sintra area of Greater Lisbon. Distribution amongst major spoligotype families, including the Latin American Mediterranean (LAM), T, Haarlem and Bei...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Morocco. Characterization of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypic lineages, important to understand the dynamic of the disease, was hereby addressed for the first time at a national level. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Spoligotyping was performed on a panel of 592 M. tuberculosis complex strains covering a 2-year peri...

The Guinea-Bissau family of strains is a unique group of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that, although genotypically closely related, phenotypically demonstrates considerable heterogeneity. We have investigated 414 M. tuberculosis complex strains collected in Guinea-Bissau between 1989 and 2008 in order to further characterize the Guinea-Bissau family of strains. To determine the strain...

Determining the genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis strains allows identification of the distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes responsible for tuberculosis in different regions. Several studies have reported the genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis strains in Mexico, but little information is available from the state of Jalisco. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the gen...

The article considers a series of relief prints by Hendrik Goltzius. artist intended for these to become an ‘illustrated companion’ Ovid’s Metamorphoses, or, alternatively, sort mirror image that reflects the poetic world Metamorphoses in another creative medium. first part this analysis surveys Goltzius’ career and examines which life events might have encouraged start working on his adaptatio...

Introduction: This study was planned to determine the second line drug resistance and molecular epidemiological profiles of multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates isolated from different geographical regions Turkey.
 Material Method: In our study, 63 MDR M. were evaluated for susceptibility sent laboratories Turkey. Secondary antituberculosis drugs by indirect proportion m...

1Clinic for Dermatology, DermaPark, Uden, Netherlands; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Kennemergasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands; 3Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4STI Outpatient Clinic, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Cente...