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characteristic complex cell wall
contributes to
evasion from host defenses.
Mycobacteria are
aerobic with 0.2-0.6 μm wide and 1.0-10 μm long rod shapes. They...
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mycobacteria (NTM), also
known as
environmental mycobacteria,
atypical mycobacteria and
mycobacteria other than
tuberculosis (MOTT), are
mycobacteria...
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variation hypothesis.
Interference by
nontuberculous mycobacteria:
Exposure to
environmental mycobacteria (especially
Mycobacterium avium,
Mycobacterium marinum...
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Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) is
intended for the culture,
detection and
recovery of
mycobacteria. The MGIT
Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube...
- tuberculosis, it is
often used alone. It may also be used for
atypical types of
mycobacteria, such as M. avium, M. kansasii, and M. xenopi. It is
usually taken by...
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nodes ****ociated with
tuberculosis as well as
nontuberculous (atypical)
mycobacteria.
Scrofula is the term used for
lymphadenopathy of the neck,
usually as...
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compared with
other bacteria,
which usually divide in less than an hour.
Mycobacteria have a complex, lipid-rich cell envelope, with the high
lipid content...
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produced and
secreted by a
group of very
closely related pathogenic mycobacteria species including M. ulcerans, M.
liflandii (an
unofficial designation)...
- w****s to grow on agar plates.
Mycobacteria growth indicator tubes can
contain a gel that
emits fluorescent light if
mycobacteria are grown. It is distinguished...
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gentamicin and amikacin. The
activity of
rifampicin against some
species of
mycobacteria can be
potentiated by
isoniazid (through
inhibiting mycolate synthesis)...
