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.

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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 11 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002 and 2004 and 2009 and 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	2	0	2
2004	2	0	2
2009	0	2	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1

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

Zhang L, Kent JE, Whitaker M, Young DC, Herrmann D, Aleshin AE, Ko YH, Cingolani G, Saad JS, Moody DB, Marassi FM, Ehrt S, Niederweis M. A periplasmic cinched protein is required for siderophore secretion and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 26; 13(1):2255.

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Molina-Torres CA, Barba-Marines A, Valles-Guerra O, Ocampo-Candiani J, Cavazos-Rocha N, Pucci MJ, Castro-Garza J, Vera-Cabrera L. Intracellular activity of tedizolid phosphate and ACH-702 versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2014 Apr 04; 13:13.

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Aboul-Fadl T, Abdel-Aziz HA, Abdel-Hamid MK, Elsaman T, Thanassi J, Pucci MJ. Schiff bases of indoline-2,3-dione: potential novel inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DNA gyrase. Molecules. 2011; 16(9):7864-79.

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Pucci MJ, Ackerman M, Thanassi JA, Shoen CM, Cynamon MH. In vitro antituberculosis activities of ACH-702, a novel isothiazoloquinolone, against quinolone-susceptible and quinolone-resistant isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Aug; 54(8):3478-80.

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Molina-Torres CA, Ocampo-Candiani J, Rendón A, Pucci MJ, Vera-Cabrera L. In vitro activity of a new isothiazoloquinolone, ACH-702, against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 May; 54(5):2188-90.

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Fenkel JM, Spodik M, Singu BS, Infantolino A, Deshmukh SP, Loren DE. Tubercular pancreatic abscess presenting as Fever and cystic pancreatic lesion with endoscopic management. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Jul; 55(7):2118-20.

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Murakami S, Takeno M, Kirino Y, Kobayashi M, Watanabe R, Kudo M, Ihata A, Ueda A, Ohno S, Watanuki Y, Kaneko T, Ishigatsubo Y. Screening of tuberculosis by interferon-gamma assay before biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2009 Mar; 89(2):136-41.

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Rivera-Marrero CA, Stewart J, Shafer WM, Roman J. The down-regulation of cathepsin G in THP-1 monocytes after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated with increased intracellular survival of bacilli. Infect Immun. 2004 Oct; 72(10):5712-21.

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Li J, Roche P, Spencer J, Bastian I, Christensen A, Hurwitz M, Konstantinos A, Krause V, McKinnon M, Misrachi A, Tallis G, Waring J. Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2003. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2004; 28(4):464-73.

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Rivera-Marrero CA, Ritzenthaler JD, Newburn SA, Roman J, Cummings RD. Molecular cloning and expression of a novel glycolipid sulfotransferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiology. 2002 Mar; 148(Pt 3):783-92.

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