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Int J Mol Sci
December 2024
Saint-Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 191036 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rising globally throughout the world. The number of species isolated from clinical samples is steadily growing, which demands the implementation of a robust diagnostic method with wide specificity. This study was carried out in in 2022-2024 in three clinical antituberculosis centers in the biggest cities of Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk.
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December 2024
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
MutT proteins are Nudix hydrolases characterized by the presence of a Nudix box, GX5EX7REUXEEXGU, where U is a bulky hydrophobic residue and X is any residue. Major MutT proteins hydrolyze 8-oxo-(d)GTP (8-oxo-GTP or 8-oxo-dGTP) to the corresponding 8-oxo-(d)GMP, preventing their incorporation into nucleic acids. Mycobacterial MutT1 comprises an N-terminal domain (NTD) harboring the Nudix box motif, and a C-terminal domain (CTD) harboring the RHG histidine phosphatase motif.
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December 2024
Pulmonology Service, Cruces University Hospital (OSI EEC), Barakaldo, Spain; BioBizkaia Health Research Institute, Spain.
The Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) and the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) have developed together Clinical Practice Guidelines (GPC) on the management of people affected by tuberculosis (TB) resistant to drugs with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These clinical practice guidelines include the latest updates of the SEPAR regulations for the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB from 2017 to 2020 as the starting point. The methodology included asking relevant clinical questions based on PICO methodology, a literature search focusing on each question, and a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the evidence, with a summary of this evidence for each question.
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November 2024
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomchi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
Purpose: Mycobacterial liquid culturing typically requires six weeks or longer, primarily because of the slow growth rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study aimed to evaluate the potential of shortening the duration of mycobacterial liquid culturing in healthcare settings with high prevalence rates of non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the relationship between mycobacterial species and time to positive testing of liquid cultures from sputum samples using the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube system over a 3.
Trop Doct
October 2024
Attending Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is increasing worldwide. Bone and joint TB are the most common types of extra-pulmonary TB, but can easily be misdiagnosed, since articular TB commonly mimics other joint diseases, including reactive and degenerative arthritis, and articular manifestations associated with systemic autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, patients with systemic auto-immune diseases are often more prone to mycobacterial infection.
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