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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Known as:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis typus humanus
, tuberculosis mycobacterium
, tuberculosis bacillus
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A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have…
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Antitubercular Agents
Arthritis, Reactive
Bone Tuberculosis
CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology
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Broader (1)
Genus Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
IL-23 and IL-17 in the establishment of protective pulmonary CD4+ T cell responses after vaccination and during Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge
S. Khader
,
G. Bell
,
+11 authors
A. Cooper
Nature Immunology
2007
Corpus ID: 926697
Interferon-γ is key in limiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Here we show that vaccination triggered an accelerated…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Variable host-pathogen compatibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
S. Gagneux
,
K. Deriemer
,
+11 authors
L. E. Hood
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2006
Corpus ID: 11740972
Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies have reported human pathogens to…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A Diarylquinoline Drug Active on the ATP Synthase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
K. Andries
,
P. Verhasselt
,
+15 authors
V. Jarlier
Science
2005
Corpus ID: 33219841
The incidence of tuberculosis has been increasing substantially on a worldwide basis over the past decade, but no tuberculosis…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Transcriptional Adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Macrophages
D. Schnappinger
,
S. Ehrt
,
+8 authors
G. Schoolnik
Journal of Experimental Medicine
2003
Corpus ID: 16315489
Little is known about the biochemical environment in phagosomes harboring an infectious agent. To assess the state of this…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages and mice requires the glyoxylate shunt enzyme isocitrate lyase
J. Mckinney
,
K. H. Z. Bentrup
,
+7 authors
D. Russell
Nature
2000
Corpus ID: 4384211
Mycobacterium tuberculosis claims more human lives each year than any other bacterial pathogen. Infection is maintained in spite…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Microplate alamar blue assay versus BACTEC 460 system for high-throughput screening of compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium
L. Collins
,
S. Franzblau
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
1997
Corpus ID: 757906
In response to the need for rapid, inexpensive, high-throughput assays for antimycobacterial drug screening, a microplate-based…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
inhA, a gene encoding a target for isoniazid and ethionamide in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
J. Somoza
,
A. Banerjee
,
+8 authors
W. Jacobs
Science
1994
Corpus ID: 1619858
Isoniazid (isonicotinic acid hydrazide, INH) is one of the most widely used antituberculosis drugs, yet its precise target of…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting: recommendations for a standardized methodology
Van Embden
,
M. Cave
,
+7 authors
T. M. Schinnick
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1993
Corpus ID: 20189458
DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been shown to be a powerful epidemiologic tool. We propose a standardized…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
An essential role for interferon gamma in resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
J. Flynn
,
J. Chan
,
Karla J. Triebold
,
D. Dalton
,
T. A. Stewart
,
B. Bloom
Journal of Experimental Medicine
1993
Corpus ID: 1386103
Tuberculosis, a major health problem in developing countries, has reemerged in recent years in many industrialized countries. The…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The catalase—peroxidase gene and isoniazid resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ying Zhang
,
B. Heym
,
B. Allen
,
D. Young
,
S. Cole
Nature
1992
Corpus ID: 4366763
TUBERCULOSIS is responsible for one in four of all avoidable adult deaths in developing countries1. Increased frequency and…
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