Mycobacterium tuberculosis

"Mycobacterium tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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 contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.

Descriptor ID	D009169
MeSH Number(s)	B03.510.024.049.525.500.702 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702
Concept/Terms	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mycobacterium tuberculosis".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Gram-Positive Bacteria [B03.510]
Actinobacteria [B03.510.024]
Actinomycetales [B03.510.024.049]
Mycobacteriaceae [B03.510.024.049.525]
Mycobacterium [B03.510.024.049.525.500]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis [B03.510.024.049.525.500.702]
Gram-Positive Rods [B03.510.460]
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods [B03.510.460.400]
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular [B03.510.460.400.410]
Mycobacteriaceae [B03.510.460.400.410.552]
Mycobacterium [B03.510.460.400.410.552.552]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis [B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 29 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	0	1	1
2009	2	2	4
2010	7	0	7
2011	4	0	4
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2
2023	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.

Liu Y, Chen T, Zhu Y, Furey A, Lowary TL, Chan J, Bournazos S, Ravetch JV, Achkar JM. Features and protective efficacy of human mAbs targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis arabinomannan. JCI Insight. 2023 10 23; 8(20).

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Swaminathan N, Perloff SR, Zuckerman JM. Prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in Health Care Settings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2021 12; 35(4):1013-1025.

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Bi C, Clark RB, Master R, Kapoor H, Kroll MH, Salm AE, Meyer WA. Retrospective Performance Analyses of over Two Million U.S. QuantiFERON Blood Sample Results. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 09 03; 9(1):e0009621.

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Stokes SS, Vemula R, Pucci MJ. Advancement of GyrB Inhibitors for Treatment of Infections Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria. ACS Infect Dis. 2020 06 12; 6(6):1323-1331.

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Irfan M, Idrees F, Jabeen K, Zubairi ABS, Butt S, Hasan R. Accuracy of genotype MTBDRplus line probe assay in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion: comparison with clinical and culture based diagnosis. Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 04; 52(4):235-241.

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Irfan S, Rao N, Irfan M, Iftikhar I, Azizullah Z, Jabeen K, Hasan R. Utility of the microcolony method for evaluation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 07 01; 23(7):838-843.

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Hassibi A, Manickam A, Singh R, Bolouki S, Sinha R, Jirage KB, McDermott MW, Hassibi B, Vikalo H, Mazarei G, Pei L, Bousse L, Miller M, Heshami M, Savage MP, Taylor MT, Gamini N, Wood N, Mantina P, Grogan P, Kuimelis P, Savalia P, Conradson S, Li Y, Meyer RB, Ku E, Ebert J, Pinsky BA, Dolganov G, Van T, Johnson KA, Naraghi-Arani P, Kuimelis RG, Schoolnik G. Multiplexed identification, quantification and genotyping of infectious agents using a semiconductor biochip. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 09; 36(8):738-745.

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Idrees F, Irfan M, Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Hasan R. Diagnostic performance of genoType? MTBDRplus line probe assay in bronchoalveolar lavage for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in sputum scarce and smear-negative patients. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2017 Apr-Jun; 6(2):122-126.

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Punjabi CD, Perloff SR, Zuckerman JM. Preventing Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health Care Settings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2016 12; 30(4):1013-1022.

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Shakoor S, Tahseen S, Jabeen K, Fatima R, Malik FR, Rizvi AH, Hasan R. Fluoroquinolone consumption and -resistance trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other respiratory pathogens: Ecological antibiotic pressure and consequences in Pakistan, 2009-2015. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2016 12; 5(4):412-416.

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